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The Blockade Runners is a fast-paced maritime adventure set during the American Civil War. A Scottish merchant, desperate for cotton, builds a speedy ship to evade the Union blockade. But when he gets entangled in a dangerous rescue mission, his plans take an unexpected turn.

The Blockade Runners by Jules Verne. It was published in 1871 in single volume together with novel A Floating City as a part of the Voyages Extraordinaires series (The Extraordinary Voyages). An English translation was published in 1874.The American Civil War plot centers on the exploits of a British merchant captain named James Playfair who must break the Union blockade of Charleston harbor in South Carolina to trade supplies for cotton.Verne's tale was inspired by reality as many ships were actually lost while acting as blockade runners in and around Charleston in the early 1860s.The year is...