Thieves of Mercy: A Novel of the Civil War at Sea by James L. Nelson - 2005-04-01

HarperCollins Publishers, 2005. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

William Morrow, April 2005. Hardcover. Used - Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Having 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 judgement, 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… Read More

William Morrow, 2005-04-12. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!