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Paddler Information => Books, Magazines & Videos etc => Topic started by: Waverley on March 22, 2007, 01:08:48 PM
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Published last year and just appeared for the first time on ebay (tho just as cheap through abebooks)
Haven't seen a copy myself but as almost all the blockade runners from the Clyde were paddlers may be of interest to some of us.
Link is to publisher's website with ISBN etc
http://www.birlinn.co.uk/scottishbooks/C/ClydeBuilt-184158424X.shtml
If anyone has the book, your comments (happy or otherwise) would be much appreciated.
Regards
David
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I have been away for the weekend, so am only just getting to this.
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I have the book, but haven't read it yet.
I think it is more of a financial history than shipping history.
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I would cross-check the list of Clyde-built blockade runners here with the comprehensive list of all; blockade runners in "Lifeline of the Confederacy" by Wise
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Alistair
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Subject: Clyde Built blockade runners of the American Civil War
Published last year and just appeared for the first time on ebay (tho just as cheap through abebooks)
Haven't seen a copy myself but as almost all the blockade runners from the Clyde were paddlers may be of interest to some of us.
Link is to publisher's website with ISBN etc
http://www.birlinn.co.uk/scottishbooks/C/ClydeBuilt-184158424X.shtml (http://www.birlinn.co.uk/scottishbooks/C/ClydeBuilt-184158424X.shtml)
If anyone has the book, your comments (happy or otherwise) would be much appreciated.
Regards
David
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Thanks for the info, Alistair - looks like one to defer for the moment.
Am I alone in finding it somewhat frustrating not having a nautical bookshop next door? So much ordered "sight unseen" can be disappointing.
Here in Milton Keynes - about as far from the sea as one can get in the UK - the local bookshops (all parts of big chains) only ever seem to have two books on commercial shipping - and they are both about the Titanic.
Still have fond memories of the late-lamented John Smith and Porteous bookshops in Glasgow.
Regards
David
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We now have a massive Borders in the former Royal Bank building across from where Porteous used to be. But shipping books in general bookshops are like hen's teeth. I normally get books by mail order, mainly from Mainmast Books, although Amazon are sometimes good on price even on obscure books
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Subject: RE: Clyde Built blockade runners of the American Civil War
Thanks for the info, Alistair - looks like one to defer for the moment.
Am I alone in finding it somewhat frustrating not having a nautical bookshop next door? So much ordered "sight unseen" can be disappointing.
Here in Milton Keynes - about as far from the sea as one can get in the UK - the local bookshops (all parts of big chains) only ever seem to have two books on commercial shipping - and they are both about the Titanic.
Still have fond memories of the late-lamented John Smith and Porteous bookshops in Glasgow.
Regards
David
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