Robert Smalls: American Hero

by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. tells the story of another great American hero, a man who did not flinch in the face of extraordinary dangers-a man whosededication to the cause of freedommade him one the most important participants in the American Civil War.

On a moonlit night in the spring of 1862, six slavesstole one of the Confederacy's most crucial gunships from its wharf in the South Carolina port of Charleston, and delivered it to the Federal Navy. This audacious and intricately coordinated escape, masterminded by a 24-year-old sailor named Robert Smalls, astonished the world and exploded the Confederate claim...

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  • ISBN13 9781510778344
  • Publish Date 17 October 2023
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Skyhorse Publishing
  • Imprint Sky Pony Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 48
  • Language English