Shark of the Confederacy: The Story of the CMS Alabama [Hardcover]

Charles M. Robinson (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 212 pages
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press (November 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557507287
• ISBN-13: 978-1557507280
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,355,031 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The CSA Roams the High Seas, June 11, 2001

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This review is from: Shark of the Confederacy: The Story of the CMS Alabama (Hardcover)

In this short book, Robinson does a fantastic job of telling the story of the CSS Alabama: the globetrotting privateer of the Confederacy that attacked U.S. shipping interests from Canada to France to Brazil to China. In a very readable style, he gives an overview of how the South chartered privateers and how the North reacted before delving into the construction and history of the Alabama. He also does a good analysis of the actual impact the ship and its comrades had on U.S. shipping interests around the world. All in all, a top-rate look at one of the most infamous ships of the Civil War.