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Author:

Lance, Rachel, author.

Title:

In the waves : my quest to solve the mystery of a Civil War submarine / Rachel Lance.

Publisher:

Duttonan imprint of Penguin Random House LLC

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

352 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Lance, Rachel.
H.L. Hunley (Submarine).
Excavations (Archaeology)--Charleston.--Charleston.
Shipwrecks--United States--History--19th century.
Submarines (Ships)--United States--History--19th century.
United States--Submarine.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations--Submarine.
United States--Antiquities.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Antiquities.
United States--Naval operations, Confederate.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations, Confederate.
Charleston (S.C.)--Antiquities.

Contents:

Prologue -- What about the Hunley -- Suffocation -- Fish boats -- The fury beneath the waves -- Anatomy of an explosion -- Preparations -- Apple pie without apples -- Pressure trace -- From the Housatonic -- The blast -- February 17, 1864 -- Epilogue

Summary:

"A story about a woman scientist's journey to discover a submarine"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1524744158
9781524744151 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2019021230

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RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

WKPE185 -- Cherokee Public Library (Cherokee)

OJPC027 -- Corning Public Library (Corning) — 973.7 LAN

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

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ZKPC437 -- Logan Public Library (Logan)

JMPC081 -- Madrid Public Library (Madrid)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

SKPC094 -- Sumner Public Library (Sumner)