Thieves of Mercy: A Novel of the Civil War at SeaHaving survived the bloody Battle of New Orleans and the loss of their ironclad Yazoo River, captain Samuel Bowater, engineer Hieronymus Taylor, and the survivors of their crew are given new orders -- take command of an ironclad warship being built in Memphis, Tennessee. Bowater and his men take passage upriver from "Mississippi" Mike Sullivan, one of the wild, undisciplined captains of the River Defense Squadron, only to find, on their arrival, that their ship is not even half built and the enemy is closing fast. Against their better judgment, Bowater and crew join forces with the mercurial Sullivan on board his ad hoc river gunship the General Page. Outnumbered and outgunned, the Confederates once again fling themselves bravely at the overwhelming power of the Yankee invaders. The deadly back-and-forth fight along the Mississippi ends at last in the massive naval battle of Memphis, and the near-suicidal attempt by the Confederates to hold back the Northern flood. Filled with wild characters and heart-pounding action, and set against the bold backdrop of the Civil War, Thieves of Mercy is a worthy successor to the W. Y. Boyd Award-winning novel Glory in the Name, the book Bernard Cornwell lauded as "by far, the best Civil War novel I've read." |
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... turned south where the Yazoo met with the Mississippi River. Just above the city, the river took a sharp turn so that for a time they were actually steaming northeast before turning one hundred and eighty degrees. Around the low, marshy ...
... turned to Bowater . " Captain , this here's— ” The big man turned to Bowater , held out his hand . “ Mike Sul- livan . They call me Mississippi Mike Sullivan . " " No one calls you Mississippi Mike Sullivan but you , " Tay- lor said ...
... turned back to Taylor , squinted at the shoulder straps on his uniform frock coat . " Taylor , what the hell is this ? What are you , on the Sanitary Commission or some damned thing ? " Taylor stiffened and said , in as matter - of ...
... turned to his own men , who were all on their feet , eyes wide , pistols held limp in the hands of those who had them . All looked stunned , save for Hieronymus Taylor , who did not appear to have moved . " They ain't real refined ...
... turning ! " He grabbed the bell rope , gave a jingle and rang two bells , and a moment later the paddle wheels began their slow turn in reverse . He ... turned her bow downstream . " Ooowee , we goin now , Cap'n Bowater , 24 JAMES L. NELSON.
Contents
Section 26 | 256 |
Section 27 | 263 |
Section 28 | 274 |
Section 29 | 283 |
Section 30 | 301 |
Section 31 | 316 |
Section 32 | 323 |
Section 33 | 328 |
Section 9 | 88 |
Section 10 | 107 |
Section 11 | 116 |
Section 12 | 119 |
Section 13 | 127 |
Section 14 | 131 |
Section 15 | 149 |
Section 16 | 159 |
Section 17 | 163 |
Section 18 | 178 |
Section 19 | 184 |
Section 20 | 197 |
Section 21 | 204 |
Section 22 | 214 |
Section 23 | 228 |
Section 24 | 237 |
Section 25 | 248 |
Section 34 | 330 |
Section 35 | 348 |
Section 36 | 355 |
Section 37 | 363 |
Section 38 | 381 |
Section 39 | 386 |
Section 40 | 399 |
Section 41 | 408 |
Section 42 | 420 |
Section 43 | 424 |
Section 44 | 438 |
Section 45 | 441 |
Section 46 | 447 |
Section 47 | 452 |
Section 48 | 465 |
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Thieves Of Mercy: a stunning and heart-pounding novel of naval adventure set ... James Nelson No preview available - 2015 |