Shipwrecked: A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and the Slave Trade (Jonathan W. White - NH) Section- African American History Release date: February 2016

Release date: February 2016

An ineffective Confederate response exposed one of Bragg’s flanks—and his entire army—to complete disaster

The bloody beach landings where frogmen teams led the way through murderous fire

But his efforts came at tremendous cost: long separations from his beloved children and “dearest friend” and wife

August 7 - September 19

Shipwrecked: A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and the Slave Trade (Jonathan W. White - NH) Section- African American History Release date: February 2016by Jonathan White From the New York Times: "The astonishing stories in Shipwrecked [offer] a fresh perspective on the mess of pitched emotions and politics in a nation at war over slavery." Historian Jonathan W. White tells the riveting story of Appleton Oaksmith, a swashbuckling sea captain whose life intersected with some of the most important moments, movements, and individuals of the mid 19th century, from the California Gold Rush, filibustering