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

by Lance, Rachel, author.

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[New York, New York] : Dutton, [2020]

H.L. Hunley (Submarine)

Excavations (Archaeology) -- South Carolina -- Charleston.

Shipwrecks -- United States -- History -- 19th century.

Submarines (Ships) -- United States -- History -- 19th century.

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations -- Submarine.

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Antiquities.

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations, Confederate.

Charleston (S.C.) -- Antiquities.

9781524744151 (hardcover) :

1524744158 (hardcover) :

viii, 352 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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

On the night of February 17, 1864, the tiny Confederate submarine HL Hunley made its way toward the USS Housatonic just outside Charleston harbor. The Union ship's stern was blown open, but the Hunley disappeared without a trace. For 131 years the eight-man crew of the HL Hunley lay in their watery graves; when raised, the narrow metal vessel revealed no indication the blast had breached the hull, and all eight men were still seated at their stations. Lance spent three years in a quest to discover why it sank, and to uncover its secrets. -- adapted from jacket

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