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For more than one hundred years, a submarine lay buried beneath the ocean floor near Charleston, South Carolina. This Civil War stealth weapon–the H. L. Hunley–made history in 1864 as the first submarine ever to sink an enemy ship. But something went wrong during that daring mission. The Hunley never returned to port.
Despite decades of searching, the Hunley remained unfound. In 1995 her story took a startling turn. As she had during the Civil War, the Hunley once again made newspaper headlines. How the submarine came to be on the ocean floor, how she came to leave it, and what happened next make up one of the most compelling stories in the history of archaeology and the history of the Civil War–an amazing tale of bravery, mystery, bones, and gold.
Sally M. Walker has brought science to life in more than 20 books for young readers, including Secrets of a Civil War Submarine and Blizzard of Glass. Her research has seen her corresponding with experts in archaeology, geology, forensic anthropology, and genealogy, interviewing scientists, and touring the Warren Lasch Conservation Center in North Charleston, South Carolina, where she saw the H.L. Hunley and her artifacts. Walker lives in DeKalb, Illinois.
J. R. Horne was an actor and frequent collaborator of the Coen Brothers, appearing in O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Burn After Reading. He worked in radio, on Broadway, and regionally across the country. Books he narrated include 31 Days by Barry Werth, Reversible Errors by Scott Turow, Secrets of a Civil War Submarine by Sally M. Walker, and The Wedding by Danielle Steel. He died in 2016.
Sally M. Walker has brought science to life in more than 20 books for young readers, including Secrets of a Civil War Submarine and Blizzard of Glass. Her research has seen her corresponding with experts in archaeology, geology, forensic anthropology, and genealogy, interviewing scientists, and touring the Warren Lasch Conservation Center in North Charleston, South Carolina, where she saw the H.L. Hunley and her artifacts. Walker lives in DeKalb, Illinois.
J. R. Horne was an actor and frequent collaborator of the Coen Brothers, appearing in O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Burn After Reading. He worked in radio, on Broadway, and regionally across the country. Books he narrated include 31 Days by Barry Werth, Reversible Errors by Scott Turow, Secrets of a Civil War Submarine by Sally M. Walker, and The Wedding by Danielle Steel. He died in 2016.