Shipwrecked : a true Civil War story of mutinies, jailbreaks, blockade-running, and the slave trade / Jonathan W. White.
| Author/creator | White, Jonathan W., 1979- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023] |
| Description | xvii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | True Civil War story of mutinies, jailbreaks, blockade-running, and the slave trade |
| Contents | Youth -- Family -- California -- Africa -- Diplomacy -- Secession -- War -- The Augusta -- Fort Lafayette -- Fort Warren -- Charles Street Prison -- Execution -- Trial -- Isolation -- Escape -- Exile -- Lincoln -- Kidnapping -- Divorce -- Storms -- Death -- Appendix 1: Oaksmith Family Tree -- Appendix 2: The Wells and Manuel Ortiz |
| Abstract | "The riveting story of Appleton Oaksmith, a swashbuckling sea captain whose life intersected with some of the most important moments, movements, and individuals of the mid-nineteenth century, from the California Gold Rush, filibustering schemes in Nicaragua, and Cuban liberation to the Civil War and Reconstruction"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: White, Jonathan W., 1979- Shipwrecked Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2023 9781538175026 |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| LCCN | 2023001874 |
| ISBN | 9781538175019 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1538175010 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |