Blockade Runners, The by Jules Verne (1828 - 1905)

By: Valerio Di Stefano
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  • Writing at the end of the American Civil War, Verne weaves this story of a Scottish merchant who, in desperation at the interruption of the flow of Southern cotton due to the Union blockade, determines to build his own fast ship and run guns to the Confederates in exchange for the cotton piling up unsold on their wharves. His simple plan becomes complicated by two passengers who board his new ship under false pretenses in order to carry out a rescue mission, one which Capt. Playfair adopts as his own cause. This is going make the Rebels in Charleston rather unhappy with him.Sure, his new ship is fast - but can it escape the cannonballs of both North and South? (Summary by Mark Smith)
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  • 02 - Getting Under Sail

    02 - Getting Under Sail
    Sep 5 2023
    12 mins
  • 05 - The Shot From the Iroquois, and Miss Jenny's Arguments

    05 - The Shot From the Iroquois, and Miss Jenny's Arguments
    Sep 5 2023
    13 mins
  • 04 - Crockston's Trick

    04 - Crockston's Trick
    Sep 5 2023
    15 mins

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