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Run the Blockade
By Wisler, G. Clifton
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68816-538-3
- Publisher
- New York : HarperCollins, c2000.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2002
Gr 6-8 After his father drowns at sea, 12-year-old Henry's poverty-stricken Irish family leaves Cork for the busy seaport of Liverpool. Henry works as a shipping-firm clerk and dreams of going to sea, but his mother is firmly opposed to the notion. When his company commissions a new blockade-runner specifically designed to trade with the rebellious Confederate states, Henry gets his chance. He signs on as ship's bo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
