Bearss, Edwin C.

Hardluck Ironclad: The Sinking and Salvage of the Cairo

Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1966. First. Hardcover. Near fine / Very good. Item #35557

First edition, near fine blue cloth hardcover shows just a touch of wear, in very good dust jacket (price at flap) that shows some rubbing and soil, wrinkling, couple of small light stains, and edgewear that include small chips and tears. 208 pages with three sets of black & whites, index, notes and bibliography. Solid copy in jacket of this "..first-hand account of the discovery of the torpedoed Union gunboat and of operations to raise her from the bottom of the Yazoo..."

Price: $25.00