Forcers of blockade

the Forcers of blockade is the title of a novel of Jules Verne written in 1865 and published in 1871 at the same time as a floating city .

Summary

The action proceeds during the American Civil War. James Playfair, the captain of the Delphin , share to then seek cotton in the port of Charleston to the catch by a northerner blockade. It does not suspect only the young sailor that it embarks on his board is in fact the girl of a free trade journalist imprisoned in this city…

Topics approached in the account

the dressing-up (topic present also in Superb Orénoque )
the desire to save the being liked (in fact the father of Miss Jenny Halliburtt)
the fight of the veil against the vapor (the episode epic of the race-continuation enters the sailing ship Southerner and the steamer of the English)

List characters

Crockston
Mr. Jonathan Halliburtt
Mr. Mathew
James Playfair
Vincent Playfair
John Stiggs, alias Miss Jenny Halliburtt

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