Lifeline of the Confederacy: Blockade Running During the Civil War
- ISBN-10
- 0872497992
- ISBN-13
- 9780872497993
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 403
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Author
- Stephen R. Wise
Description
One of the finest original works on the Civil War. -- Civil War News
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