- The Blockade Runners
"The Blockade Runners" ( _fr. Les Forceurs de blocus) is a 1865
short story byJules Verne [http://gaslight.mtroyal.ab.ca/blockade.htm] In 1871 it was published in single volume together with novelA Floating City as a part of theVoyages Extraordinaires series ("The Extraordinary Voyages"). An English translation was published in 1879.Plot introduction
The
American civil war plot centers on the exploits of James Playfair who must break the Federalist blockade of the harbour ofCharleston inSouth Carolina harbour to trade supplies for cotton and, later in the book, to rescue the father of a young girl held prisoner by the Confederates. Verne's tale was inspired by reality as many ships were actually lost while acting asBlockade runner s in and around Charleston in the early eighteen sixties.Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
It has recently been produced as a radio play [http://www.audiobookquest.com/title.aspx?titleId=5345&aid=114009] .
External links
*gutenberg|no=8992
* [http://jv.gilead.org.il/alyon/forceurs_de_blocus.html "Les forceurs de blocus"] , full original French text
* [http://jv.gilead.org.il/rpaul/Les%20forceurs%20de%20blocus/ 17 illustrations] byJules Férat
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