The H. L. Hunley Submarine

Fran Hawk

Description

The fascinating tale of the long-missing submarine that was the first to sink an enemy ship during wartime

The story of the H. L. Hunley submarine is about American ingenuity and real people who were inventive, loyal, brave, resilient, persistent, and adventurous. The Hunley, built by the Confederate Army during the Civil War, was the first submarine to sink an enemy ship during wartime. After that historic feat, the Hunley disappeared.

For more than a century, the fate and location of the Confederate submarine remained unknown. In The H. L. Hunley Submarine, Fran Hawk tells the exciting and compelling tale of how the "fish boat" was invented, how it underwent trials and tribulations in war, and how it got from the bottom of the ocean to its current resting place in the Warren Lasch Conservation Center in North Charleston, South Carolina.

Who invented the H. L. Hunley? How did it operate without an engine? How and why did it sink? What did researchers find when they investigated the submarine? Archaeologists and conservationists from all over the world have studied the historic vessel in search of answers. Which mysteries have they solved,and which mysteries remain for future generations to answer?

Sujets

• Caroline du Sud
• Guerre de Sécession
• Ulysses S. Grant
• William Tecumseh Sherman
• Fort Sumter
• Clive Cussler
• Artillery
• History
• National Underwater and Marine Agency
• United States
• North Charleston
• American Civil War
• Boat
• South Carolina
• Slavery
• H. L. Hunley (submarine)
• P. G. T. Beauregard
• Battle of Shiloh
• North Charleston, South Carolina
• Confederacy
• Seawater
• Further (bus)
• Depth gauge
• Horace Lawson Hunley
• Maritime history
• Warren Lasch Conservation Center
• George E. Dixon
• Charleston Harbor
• Fish class sloop
• Seacock
• Carolina del Sur
• Transportation
• Boats
• Children's

Informations

• Publié par: University of South Carolina Press
• Date de parution: 15 octobre 2017
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781611177893
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

The H. L. Hunley Submarine
Kim Shealy Jeffcoat, Series Editor
FRAN HAWK
Illustrated by
MONICA WYRICK
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS
© 2017 University of South Carolina
Published by the University of South Carolina Press
Columbia, South Carolina 29208
www.sc.edu/uscpress
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
can be found at http://catalog.loc.gov/
ISBN 978-1-61117-788-6 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-61117-789-3 (ebook)
For Anne (Angie) Sinkler Whaley LeClercq,
with my love and appreciation.
For Avery, Claire, Daisy, Drew, James, Lane, Peter,
Will, Zadie, and all the other precious children on
our planet. May the devastating lessons from
wars motivate you to promote peace.