Conflicting Loyalties
Hibberd Kline
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$22.57
Size: 6" x 9"
Binding: Perfect Bound
ISBN: 9781620301685
Prowling the Gulf of Guinea in the spring of 1861 searching for a notorious American slaver, U.S.S. Jamestown is a troubled ship. Fragmentary information about the political crisis at home divides the crew. In the British port of Freetown, they hear of Fort Sumter. Tensions explode as Jamestown mimics the nation’s slide into sectional conflict. Jamestown departs, abandoning the Southerners in her crew. Marooned in West Africa, Midshipman Charles Sweet and Marine Lieutenant Aaron Bonney must overcome their personal antagonisms to lead two-dozen Southerners home through diplomatic complications, romantic entanglements, local warfare, and conflict with the United States Navy. Faced with cri ...