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Last Flag Down (Abridged): The Epic Journey of the Last Confederate Warship Audiobook
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As the Confederacy felt itself slipping beneath the Union juggernaut in late 1864, the South launched a desperate counteroffensive to shatter the U.S. economy and force a standoff. Its secret weapon? A state-of-the-art raiding ship whose mission was to prowl the world’s oceans and 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 who might have stepped from the pages of Arthurian legend. Whittle would share command with a dark and brooding veteran of the seas, Capt. James Waddell, and together with a crew of strays, misfits, and strangers, they would spend nearly a year sailing two-thirds of the way around the globe, destroying dozens of Union ships and taking more than a thousand prisoners, 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 and filled with drama and poignancy, 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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" Boring. Essentially a captain's log with commentary that states the obvious. "
— Ben, 1/13/2014 -
" 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, 12/27/2013 -
" A part of history ,I was unaware of.A good idea enacted to late. "
— Ray, 12/27/2013 -
" A good read on the Confederate Warship Shenandoah. The last ship to fly the flag of the Confederacy. "
— Ron, 12/13/2013 -
" An epic adventure around the globe with the Confederacy's military precursor to WWII's U-Boat. "
— Hugh, 10/10/2013 -
" 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, 2/13/2013 -
" 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, 10/18/2012 -
" Listened to this one. A log-book based account of the Civil War in other parts of the world. Good for the road. "
— Ed, 9/30/2012 -
" 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, 10/25/2011 -
" 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, 9/16/2011 -
" An interesting part of history I knew nothing about. It does get long in parts. "
— Brent, 8/18/2011 -
" 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, 7/30/2011 -
" A great book about a ship and it's mission. Excellant detail makes for riviting reading. "
— Clay, 5/6/2011 -
" 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 Ron McLarty
Ron McLarty is a veteran actor of television, film, and stage as well as an award-winning audiobook narrator. He has more than 100 television appearances to his credit, including as a series regular on Spencer for Hire and Law & Order. His film career began in 1977 with a performance in The Sentinel and continued with such films as The Postman, Flamingo Kid, and, most recently, How Do You Know? His stage credits include Broadway and other productions. He has narrated more than 100 audiobooks, earning nine Earphones Awards and recognition by AudioFile magazine as a Best Voice in Mystery & Suspense in 2009 and 2010. He has twice been a finalist for the prestigious Audie Awards and then won the award in 2001 for Best Mystery Narration. He is also an accomplished playwright and an acclaimed novelist.