The Blockade Runners
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)
Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, Historical Fiction, War & Military Fiction
Language: English
Keyword(s): civil war (143), sea (61), rescue (22), south (12), north (7), cotton (5), blockade (1)
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | 01 - The Dolphin | Mark F. Smith |
00:12:23 |
| Play 02 | 02 - Getting Under Sail | Mark F. Smith |
00:12:26 |
| Play 03 | 03 - Things Are Not What They Seem | Mark F. Smith |
00:13:45 |
| Play 04 | 04 - Crockston's Trick | Mark F. Smith |
00:15:10 |
| Play 05 | 05 - The Shot From the Iroquois, and Miss Jenny's Arguments | Mark F. Smith |
00:13:07 |
| Play 06 | 06 - Sullivan Island Channel | Mark F. Smith |
00:10:58 |
| Play 07 | 07 - A Southern General | Mark F. Smith |
00:10:27 |
| Play 08 | 08 - The Escape | Mark F. Smith |
00:16:57 |
| Play 09 | 09 - Between Two Fires | Mark F. Smith |
00:14:15 |
| Play 10 | 10 - St. Mungo | Mark F. Smith |
00:03:17 |