The Blockade Runners

By Jules Verne

Subjects: Thriller, Classic Literature, Fiction, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, fiction, Scotland, fiction, Fiction, war & military

Description: The Clyde was the first river whose waters were lashed into foam by a steam-boat. It was in 1812 when the steamer called the Comet ran between Glasgow and Greenock, at the speed of six miles an hour. Since that time more than a million of steamers or packet-boats have plied this Scotch river, and the inhabitants of Glasgow must be as familiar as any people with the wonders of steam navigation.