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Tango0125 Dec 2014 12:48 p.m. PST

"In the last months of the American Civil War, the upper Texas coast became a hive of blockade running. Though Texas was often considered an isolated backwater in the conflict, the Union's pervasive and systematic seizure of Southern ports left Galveston as one of the only strongholds of foreign imports in the anemic supply chain to embattled Confederate forces. Long, fast steamships ran in and out of the city's port almost every week, bound to and from Cuba. Join author Andrew W. Hall as he explores the story of Texas's Civil War blockade runners--a story of daring, of desperation and, in many cases, of patriotism turning coat to profiteering."

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Anyone has read this book?
If the answer is yes, comments please?

Thanks in advance for your guidance.

Amicalement
Armand

Kazziga25 Dec 2014 1:37 p.m. PST

I got a signed copy from Andy Hall himself. It's a great book just like his previous one "Galveston-Houston Packet: Steamboats on Buffalo Bayou". There is only one problem, they are both too short – you start reading and after a while you realize that you're done with it.
Highly recommended!

Tango0126 Dec 2014 11:08 a.m. PST

Maybe is not a bad thing you realize you are done with the book so quickly. (smile)

Amicalement
Armand

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