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Author Lance, Rachel, author.

Title In the waves : one scientist's mission to solve the mystery of a Civil War submarine / Rachel Lance.

Publisher New York : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2020.

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ITEM LOC CALL # STATUS
 Ashland adult nonfiction  973.7 LAN    AVAILABLE
 Sayner adult nonfiction  973.75 LAN    AVAILABLE
Descript viii, 352 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Prologue -- What about the Hunley -- Suffocation -- Fish boats -- The fury beneath the waves -- Anatomy of an explosion -- Preparations -- Apple pie without apples -- Pressure trace -- From the Housatonic -- The blast -- February 17, 1864 -- Epilogue.
Summary "A story about a woman scientist's journey to discover a submarine"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Lance, Rachel.
H.L. Hunley (Submarine)
Excavations (Archaeology) -- South Carolina -- Charleston.
Shipwrecks -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Submarines (Ships) -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations -- Submarine.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Antiquities.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations, Confederate.
Charleston (S.C.) -- Antiquities.
Added Title One scientist's mission to solve the mystery of a Civil War submarine.
ISBN/ISSN 9781524744151 (hardcover)
1524744158 (hardcover)