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Hawk, Fran

The Story of H. L. Hunley and Queenie's Coin

40 pp. | Sleeping Bear | October, 2004 | Trade ISBN 1-58536-218-2 $16.95
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Dan Nance. This book recounts how Confederate veteran George Dixon, carrying his sweetheart Queenie's good-luck coin, helped design, build, and ultimately command the submarine H. L. Hunley. The vessel bombed the Union Housatonic before sinking itself. Period art illustrates Dixon's story, which is followed by eight pages of photographs and text about the 2000 excavation of the Hunley. Timeline.
Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

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