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Southern Seahawk, the first book in the Seahawk Trilogy, grows from the real report of Commander Rafael Semmes' rise to infamy, becoming the Union's Open public Enemy Number One. In June, 1861, Semmes' Confederate cruiser Sumter makes a daring get away through the Federal Blockade of the Mississippi. So starts the commander's job as the Southern Seahawk. Having a hand-picked crew of Southern officers and mercenary seamen, Semmes seizes eight opponent boats in four times, an archive never surpassed by some other captain of your warship. By the time the cruises of the Sumter and her successor Alabama end, Semmes will have taken and burnt more than 80 prizes, making him the most successful maritime predator ever sold. For two and a half years Semmes eludes a pack of pursuers and almost single-handedly drives marine insurance rates so high in the North, that lots of Yankee ships refuse to sail until he is caught. Back Washington, Semmes' predations gasoline feuds within the Lincoln pantry and incite the spy game titles of historical information like courtesans Rose Greenhow, Betty Duval, detective Allan Pinkerton and the commander s mistress.
