This book was written by J. Thomas Scharf, published in 1977, the narrative is 813 pages and is illustrated with black and white drawings. The author, himself an officer of the late Confederate States navy, describes the great struggle with the Navy of the United States at the time of the war between the states, the engagements fought in the rivers and harbors of the South and upon the high seas: blockade running; the first use of ironclads and torpedoes, and the history of privateers. This hard book is in very good, used condition, with a dust cover in good condition.