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Last Flag Down: The Epic Journey of the Last Confederate Warship Audiobook
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a loyal warrior. a dying cause. an epic race for salvation. As the Confederacy felt itself slipping beneath the Union juggernaut in late 1864, the South launched a desperate counteroffensive to force a standoff. Its secret weapon? A state-of-the-art raiding ship whose mission was to sink the U.S. merchant fleet. The raider’s name was Shenandoah, and her executive officer was Conway Whittle, a twenty-four-year-old warrior. Whittle would share command with a dark and brooding veteran of the seas, Capt. James Waddell, and together with their crew, they would spend nearly a year destroying dozens of Union ships, all while continually dodging the enemy. Then, in August of 1865, a British ship revealed the shocking truth to the men of Shenandoah: The war had been over for months, and they were now being hunted as pirates. What ensued was an incredible 15,000-mile journey to the one place the crew hoped to find sanctuary, only to discover that their fate would depend on how they answered a single question. Wondrously evocative, LAST FLAG DOWN is a riveting story of courage, nobility, and rare comradeship forged in the quest to achieve the impossible.
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"Story of one of the last Confederate warships that patrolled the seas trying to sink Yankee ships, only problem being that they kept doing this long after the Civil War ended (they didn't find out until after the fact). Pretty entertaining. I like the Maritime history stuff."
— Dan (5 out of 5 stars)
Last Flag Down Listener Reviews
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" great book! based on the log book of the first mate of the last confederate navy ship. kinda slow in parts, but definitely worth it. "
— Michael, 1/9/2014 -
" Boring. Essentially a captain's log with commentary that states the obvious. "
— Ben, 12/31/2013 -
" Rousing story of the Confederate raider the CSS Shenandoah and how the Union navy could not catch her. Makes you wonder how the Confederacy lost the war. "
— Al, 12/12/2013 -
" An interesting part of history I knew nothing about. It does get long in parts. "
— Brent, 11/3/2013 -
" Lots of deep detail concerning a mostly unknown detail concerning the American civil war. Well paced for a book of its type and not weighted down by too much detail, nice ballance. "
— Robert, 2/4/2013 -
" From a historical fact perspective, it's very interesting. I had no prior knowledge of this ship or it's voyage. However, it drug for the last 100 pages and personally I feel the summary is more interesting than the details. A good read if you're a history nerd, otherwise you should pass. "
— Erin, 12/2/2012 -
" This was by far an absolutely dreadful read. It simply tracked a Confederate ship across the world as the Rebels never encountered a single battle. "
— Morris, 11/9/2012 -
" An epic adventure around the globe with the Confederacy's military precursor to WWII's U-Boat. "
— Hugh, 5/27/2012 -
" A part of history ,I was unaware of.A good idea enacted to late. "
— Ray, 5/26/2012 -
" Listened to this one. A log-book based account of the Civil War in other parts of the world. Good for the road. "
— Ed, 3/23/2012 -
" A good read on the Confederate Warship Shenandoah. The last ship to fly the flag of the Confederacy. "
— Ron, 3/12/2012 -
" A great book about a ship and it's mission. Excellant detail makes for riviting reading. "
— Clay, 1/16/2012 -
" A well written history book. Plenty of action that if I had not known I would have thought it was a good piece of fiction. "
— Chad, 4/27/2011 -
" Listened to this one. A log-book based account of the Civil War in other parts of the world. Good for the road. "
— Ed, 4/16/2011 -
" great book! based on the log book of the first mate of the last confederate navy ship. kinda slow in parts, but definitely worth it. "
— Michael, 8/23/2010 -
" Great book that was well written and easy to follow. I enjoyed it a lot. It was very interesting to read what happened to the last Confederate warship. The last 150 or so pages really pick up and it goes by quick. <br/> <br/>I recommend to anyone interested in history. "
— Joseph, 12/2/2009 -
" A part of history ,I was unaware of.A good idea enacted to late. "
— Ray, 10/17/2009 -
" A well written history book. Plenty of action that if I had not known I would have thought it was a good piece of fiction. "
— Chad, 9/7/2009 -
" From a historical fact perspective, it's very interesting. I had no prior knowledge of this ship or it's voyage. However, it drug for the last 100 pages and personally I feel the summary is more interesting than the details. A good read if you're a history nerd, otherwise you should pass. "
— Erin, 4/26/2009 -
" A good read on the Confederate Warship Shenandoah. The last ship to fly the flag of the Confederacy. "
— Ron, 4/22/2008 -
" An interesting part of history I knew nothing about. It does get long in parts. "
— Brent, 2/20/2008
About the Authors
John Baldwin, a relative of Conway Whittle, is a magazine writer, lecturer, and the author of two novels. At seventeen, Baldwin was apprenticed to the ship’s carpenter on a merchant vessel sailing the ports of Africa.
Ron Powers is the author of numerous books, including Dangerous Water: A Biography of the Boy Who Became Mark Twain, and coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestseller Flags of Our Fathers. He is an Emmy Award winner and the first television critic to win a Pulitzer Prize.
About Michael Kramer
Michael Kramer is an AudioFile Earphones Award winner, a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration, and recipient of a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award. He is also an actor and director in the Washington, DC, area, where he is active in the area’s theater scene and has appeared in productions at the Shakespeare Theatre, the Kennedy Center, and Theater J.