Skip to main content

CURRENTLY SOLD OUT

The Blockade Runners by Jules Verne (Paperback / softback, 2014)

About this product

About this product

Product Information

The Blockade Runners by Jules Verne A blockade runner is usually a lighter-weight ship used for evading a naval blockade of a port or strait, as opposed to confronting the blockaders to break the blockade. Very often blockade running is done in order to transport cargo, for example to bring food or arms to a blockaded city. In other cases the blockade runners would carry mail in an attempt to communicate with the outside world. The Blockade Runners is a 1865 short story by Jules Verne. In 1871 it was published in single volume together with vel A Floating City as a part of the Voyages Extraordinaires series (The Extraordinary Voyages). An English translation was published in 1874. The American Civil War plot centers on the exploits of James Playfair who must break the Union blockade of the harbour of Charleston in South Carolina to trade supplies for cotton and, later in the book, to rescue the father of a young girl held prisoner by the Confederates. Verne's tale was inspired by reality as many ships were actually lost while acting as blockade runners in and around Charleston in the early eighteen sixties.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN-10
1496155394
ISBN-13
9781496155399
eBay Product ID (ePID)
194742603

Product Key Features

Author
Jules Verne
Format
Trade Paperback (US) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound, Paperback
Language
English
Subject
War Fiction

Additional Product Features

Content Note
Black & White Illustrations
Translated by
N D'anvers
Date of Publication
05/03/2014
Imprint
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Country of Publication
United States

Best Selling in Dictionaries & Reference

Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Best Selling in Dictionaries & Reference

Renniks Stamps of Australia: Australia'S Best Selling Philatelic Guide by Mickel Smits (Paperback, 2021)
4.7 out of 5 stars based on 24 product ratings
AU $37.87 New
AU $35.00 Used
Paperback Oxford English Dictionary by Oxford Languages (Paperback, 2012)
4.6 out of 5 stars based on 11 product ratings
AU $23.67 New
AU $9.00 Used
Oxford English Mini Dictionary by Oxford Languages (Paperback, 2013)
4.5 out of 5 stars based on 4 product ratings
AU $15.70 New
---- Used
The Book of Symbols. Reflections on Archetypal Images by Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism (ARAS) (Hardcover, 2020)
5.0 out of 5 stars based on 1 product rating
AU $62.66 New
---- Used
Concise Oxford English Dictionary: Main edition by Oxford Languages (Hardcover, 2011)
4.7 out of 5 stars based on 3 product ratings
AU $53.06 New
---- Used
Australian Pocket Oxford Dictionary by Julia Robinson, Mark Gwynn, Amanda Laugesen (Hardcover, 2018)
5.0 out of 5 stars based on 2 product ratings
AU $29.19 New
AU $27.00 Used
Cursed Objects by J. W. Ocker (Hardcover, 2020)
No ratings or reviews yet.
AU $27.60 New
---- Used

Save on Dictionaries & Reference

Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Save on Dictionaries & Reference

Renniks Stamps of Australia 17/e: Australia's best selling philatelic guide Pape
AU $41.58
Trending at AU $42.55
Not Just the Wife of the General Manager: Life in the Outback and a Whole Lot Mo
AU $36.19
Trending at AU $37.35
Oxford Languages Oxford Mini Dictionary and Thesaurus (Part-work (fascículo))
AU $15.70
Trending at AU $19.54

You may also like

Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- You may also like