About the Author

Stephen R. Wise is an instructor at the University of South Carolina-Beaufort and director of the Parris Island Museum.

Reviews

a detailed and thoughtful account of the commercial connections kept open by the blockade runners into the Confederate States We are indebted to Dr. Wise not only for a major contribution to Civil War literature but also for a sound analysis of an aspect of international shipping that is typically handled at the level of anecdotes and folklore.-- "International Journal of Maritime History"

This book deserves a place near the top of that short list of required reading for both buffs and professionals... this is a work of superlative research in old and new sources.-- "The Virginia Magazine"

a detailed and thoughtful account of the commercial connections kept open by the blockade runners into the Confederate States We are indebted to Dr. Wise not only for a major contribution to Civil War literature but also for a sound analysis of an aspect of international shipping that is typically handled at the level of anecdotes and folklore.

This book deserves a place near the top of that short list of required reading for both buffs and professionals... this is a work of superlative research in old and new sources.