Mosquito Fleet of Hatteras (English Edition)

Hatteras Island was a haven for pirates and Confederate privateers during the Civil War. The people who lived on the island did not want war at all. The isolated island community was also isolated from politics but the war came to them anyway. Two brothers from the island would end up fighting in the most famous naval battles of the war. This book is full of action and lively characters from all walks of life. The story is based on true events and demonstrates the difficult transition so many people made from peaceful fisherman to professional soldiers and the cruel realities of war they had to adapt to in order to survive.