A little-known story of the Civil War is brought to life in this gripping work of nonfiction
When the Union blockade of all ports in the South stopped supplies from reaching the Confederate Army, Horace L. Hunley created a submarine that could sneak up on enemy ships and blow them up. After many years of trial and error, the H. L. Hunley succeeded in sinking the USS Housatonic in February of 1864. But the submarine never returned to port, and her crew perished in the Charleston Harbor.
Although divers searched for more than 130 years, the submarine was not found until 1995. Over the last ten years, archaeologists have carefully raised the Hunley and painstakingly sifted through the 20,000 pounds of sediment it contained for artifacts and human remains and, ultimately, clues to why, when, and how the vessel sank.
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Synopsis
A little-known story of the Civil War is brought to life in this gripping work of nonfiction
When the Union blockade of all ports in the South stopped supplies from reaching the Confederate Army, Horace L. Hunley created a submarine that could sneak up on enemy ships and blow them up. After many years of trial and error, the H. L. Hunley succeeded in sinking the USS Housatonic in February of 1864. But the submarine never returned to port, and her crew perished in the Charleston Harbor.
Although divers searched for more than 130 years, the submarine was not found until 1995. Over the last ten years, archaeologists have carefully raised the Hunley and painstakingly sifted through the 20,000 pounds of sediment it contained for artifacts and human remains and, ultimately, clues to why, when, and how the vessel sank.
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The winner of the Siebert Award for children's nonfiction translates beautifully to audio with the help of the deep, commanding voice of J.R. Horne. His authoritative voice begins with the intriguing story of the early development of the submarine, then zooms in on the Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship. The sinking took place off the coast of Charleston in 1864, during the Civil War. Drama continues with the raising of the ship in 1995 and the mystery of reconstructing the event and identifying the bodies. An enhanced CD provides a captioned slide show that turns listeners into viewers as they see early submarine plans, a barnacle-covered Hunley, the detailed excavation and reconstruction, and photos of the crewmen's burial. S.W. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine
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