Running the Blockade single work   short story   adventure  
Issue Details: First known date: 1898... 1898 Running the Blockade
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An English sea captain agrees to run a cargo of goods, including arms and medicine, to New Orleans and the Confederate forces during the Civil War. Account of the purchase of the boat in Glasgow; loading, voyage to New Orleans including repainting the ship and smokeless coal; running the blockade, sale of cargo, escape by ruse from New Orleans and successful return to London with a cotton cargo. (PB)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 33 no. 393 February 1898 Z1075025 1898 periodical issue 1898 pg. 133-136
Last amended 15 Dec 2003 14:05:52
Subjects:
  • 1860s
Settings:
  • London,
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    England,
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    c
    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • c
    United States of America (USA),
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    Americas,
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