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The first ever complete biography of James Dunwoody Bulloch,
was published by McFarland on January 20th 2012.
With the co-operation of the authors of this book, I can now offer signed copies for the princely sum of £27.50, plus P&P,
a saving of over £20 on Amazon or your local bookstore.
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** About the Book
American naval hero and Confederate secret agent James Dunwoody Bulloch was widely considered the Confederacy’s most
dangerous man in Europe. As head of the South’s covert shipbuilding and logistics program overseas during the American Civ
il War,
Bulloch acquired a staggering 49 warships, blockade runners, and tenders; built "invulnerable" ocean-going ironclads; sustained
Confederate logistics; financed covert operations; and acted as the mastermind behind the destruction of 130 Union ships. Ironically,
this man who conspired to destroy the Union and kidnap its president later stood as the favorite uncle and mentor to Theodore Roosevelt.
Bulloch’s astonishing life unfolds in this first-ever biography.
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The Most Perfect Cruiser is the story of how the Confederacy got to sea the most deadly of its raiders, the
C.S.S. Alabama. It is both a complex and a human tale, one that occurred entirely outside of North America.
We encounter the ambitions of the brilliant James Dunwoody Bulloch, the Confederate secret naval agent who
brought Alabama into being thinking he would command her; and her resourceful captain, Raphael Semmes, whose
previous success had already alarmed the North. As for the Alabama, she began her maiden voyage in the teeth
of a rising gale, barely escaping the clutches of a Union warship and the belated efforts of British authorities
to seize her. All of these threads culminated in a three-way rendezvous in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, where
through a remarkable combination of luck, skill, and hard work, the South commissioned the most successful
commerce raider the world has ever known.
ABout the author STEPHEN CHAPIN KINNAMAN is an offshore and marine technology
professional with over thirty years of
experience. He was born in 1950 and grew up in upstate New York and New Jersey. He and his wife, Maureen,
currently reside in Chappell Hill, Texas. In preparation for writing The Most Perfect Cruiser, Stephen Chapin
Kinnaman visited all the principal locations touched by Bulloch, Semmes, and Alabama, gaining a first-hand feel
for the terrain which shaped Alabama's birth. Mr. Kinnaman was a director of the Mobile, Alabamabased C.S.S.
Alabama Association, and as such was involved with aspects of the ongoing wreck recovery efforts in France. He
participated in the Association's first field trip to Cherbourg during the summer of 1999. His nautical background
and love of the sea has allowed him to craft a spirited account of the operational side of Alabama's creation
which is so central to this book. Background Lines Plan (Courtesy Per Nordberg) Center Samuel Walters Painting of
Alabama (Courtesy Vallejo Maritime Gallery, Newport Beach, California) James Dunwoody Bulloch Picture (Author's
Collection)
New representations of the CSS Alabama
by
Stephen C Kinnaman, author of
The Most Perfect Cruiser.
The CSS Alabama at sea alone..
This drawing is the copyright of
Stephen C Kinnaman, and may not be reproduced without his expressed permission.
To see a larger version, click here
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Based on documents never before publicly accessible from the US Navy, the National Archives of the United States
of America and the British Home Office, 'The Sea King' is the first biography of one of the Civil War's most
fascinating players. As the rogue captain of the last Confederate commerce raider, the Shenandoah, James
Waddell was a huge thorn in the side of the post-Civil war administration (they branded him a pirate and an
enemy of the state), who singlehandedly destroyed the US whaling fleet, almost brought Britain and America
to war, and finally surrendered after a 22,000-mile journey at Liverpool. Proclaimed an American hero upon his
death in 1886 he was given the only state funeral ever awarded for a former Confederate officer.
About the Author
Dr. Gary McKay is a member of the US Naval Institute and the Navy League of the United States America.
Having served in the US Navy with an electronic intelligence unit and in the US Army as an intelligence analyst,
he has been decorated by both services for his analyses. His work as a remote sensing archaeologist has been
featured in many newspaper articles and television programmes and is an outgrowth of his research time spent at
the US Naval Research Laboratory at NASA Stennis Space Centre. He currently heads Float Research, dedicated
geographic research group.
