Gray Thunder: Exploits of the Confederate States Navy, by R. Thomas Campbell. General histories of Civil War naval activities rarely do justice to the Confederacy's efforts to build a navy without having an industrial base--a feat comparable to making bricks without clay. Campbell covers the high points of the Confederacy's various nautical undertakings: building ironclads to break the Union blockade or defend its harbors, running the blockade, and harassing Union merchant ships with a series of successful commerce raiders. (215 pages, 9” x 6”, Paperback) – Item #3830