Store besparelser
Hurtig levering
Fri fragt over 499,-
Gemte
Log ind
0
Kurv
Kurv
Joseph Brown and His Civil War Ironclads
- The USS Chillicothe, Indianola and Tuscumbia
Engelsk
Bogcover for Joseph Brown and His Civil War Ironclads af Myron J. Smith Jr, Myron J. Smith, 9780786495764
Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
396
ISBN-13:
9780786495764
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0786495766
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
16 maj 2017
Størrelse i cm:
17,7 x 25,3 x 2,4
Oplagsdato:
16 maj 2017

Joseph Brown and His Civil War Ironclads

- The USS Chillicothe, Indianola and Tuscumbia
Engelsk
Paperback 2017
Format:

Bog beskrivelse

A Scottish immigrant to Illinois, Joseph Brown made his pre-Civil War fortune as a miller and steamboat captain who dabbled in riverboat design and the politics of small towns. When war erupted, he used his connections (including a friendship with Abraham Lincoln) to obtain contracts to build three ironclad gunboats for the U.S. War Department--the Chillicothe, Indianola and Tuscumbia. Often described as failures, these vessels were active in some of the most fer"documents the life and career of Joseph Brown, a miller and steamboat captain who built three ironclad gunboats for the US War Department"ocious river fighting of the 1863 Vicksburg campaign. After the war, "Captain Joe" became a railroad executive and was elected mayor of St. Louis. This book covers his life and career, as well as the construction and operational histories of his controversial trio of warships.

... Vis mere

Forlags Vejl. pris
465,51 kr
Hos Booktok
414 kr
spar 11%
Læg i kurv nu
Sikker betaling
23 - 25 hverdage

Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
396
ISBN-13:
9780786495764
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0786495766
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
16 maj 2017
Størrelse i cm:
17,7 x 25,3 x 2,4
Oplagsdato:
16 maj 2017
Finder produkter...
Kategori sammenhænge