Reviews
a well-written volume
--Civil War News
…as full and complete a study on the subject could be desired. …a carefully wrought and scholarly account of a fascinating and in many ways tragic Civil War adventure.
--International Journal of Maritime History
"... details the extraordinary tensions aboard this floating contradiction. In the absence of a Melville or a Conrad, Curry successfully resurrects unquiet ghosts."
--ustralian Financial Review Magazine
…as full and complete a study on the subject as could be desired. …a carefully wrought and scholarly account of a fascinating and in many ways tragic Civil War adventure.
--International Journal of Maritime History
…lively and well written… Anyone who has read previous works about the CSS Shenandoah would be served to read this book, as it may just change his or her perspective on the ship's history.
--The North Carolina Historical Review
…an important addition to the history of the Confederate navy.
--Journal of Southern History
" Especially interesting because it focuses on a cultural and psychological profiling of her Southern officers and their motives and concerns which affected the voyage and its outcome."
--The Northern Mariner