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Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine (American Civil War)
by Brian Hicks, Schuyler Kropf
from Presidio Press
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 
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Hand-cranked is only good for ice cream 
We might as well get one thing settled at the first: the Horace L. Hunley was not the "world's first attack submarine," as Charleston newspapermen Brian Hicks and Schuyler Kropf repeatedly call it.
It might possibly have become that, but on its one combat mission, it approached on the surface and escaped on the surface. Then it sank.
Nor, as they call it, was it the first "stealth" weapon. There had been stealthy weapons for centuries, and although the Hunley was intended to be stealthy, it... more info
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Great history, OK writing 
Straightforward account of the history of the first submarine used in a wartime attack, and the story of its recovery 135 years later after it disappeared following its one and only mission.
Great history, OK writing.
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Great Book !! 
What an exciting and informative book! Part history, part research, part archealogy, but all joined and very readable. The incredible dedication and bravery of the crews who parished aboard the "fish-boat" deserve the highest honor. These men of the past never gave up, just as the modern day team who had to move natural and govermental mountains to raise her from her watery grave. Since the research is on going and the mysteries haven't been all solved this book does not have the definative answers, I try... more info
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Praise for Raising the Hunley
An absolutely fascinating book. In depth and accurate historical research
gives this book its feeling that the authors where there as it happened. A
work of non-fiction that can be as exciting as a work of fiction, but it is all true !!
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