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USS Cairo / Elizabeth Hoxie Joyner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Joyner, Elizabeth Hoxie, 1959- author. .
- Series:
- Images of modern America.
- Images of Modern America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Material culture--United States--History--19th century.
- Material culture.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Antiquities.
- United States.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations.
- Vicksburg National Military Park (Miss.).
- Cairo (Gunboat).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (166 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- U.S.S. Cairo
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Armed with a simple pocket compass, a small boat, and an intense desire to find the USS Cairo, three men--Edwin C. Bearss, Warren Grabau, and Max Don Jacks--set out on the Yazoo River on a cool autumn afternoon in 1956 to locate the Civil War gunboat. What they found was the discovery of a lifetime. Images of Modern America: USS Cairo features a photographic account of the discovery, raising, restoration, and preservation efforts surrounding the Cairo. One can sense the excitement and awe felt by people who witnessed the raising. Today, people from all over the world are drawn to visit this Civil War time capsule now in permanent dry dock at Vicksburg National Military Park, where commemorative events have occurred since 1980; this collection highlights a variety of these events.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print record.
- ISBN:
- 9781439654194
- 1439654190
- OCLC:
- 1099148796
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