To the Uttermost Ends of the Earth

The Epic Hunt for the South's Most Feared Ship—and the Greatest Sea Battle of the Civil War

By: Tom Clavin, Phil Keith

Narrated by: Joe Knezevich

The enthralling story of the greatest Civil War battle at sea by the award-winning and bestselling historians Phil Keith and Tom Clavin.

On June 19, 1864, just off the coast of France, one of the most dramatic naval battles in history took place. On a clear day with windswept skies, the dreaded Confederate raider Alabama faced the Union warship Kearsarge in an all-or-nothing fight to the finish, the outcome of which would effectively end the threat of the Confederacy on the high seas.

Authors Phil Keith and Tom Clavin introduce some of the crucial but historically overlooked players, including John Winslow, captain of the USS Kearsarge, as well as Raphael Semmes, captain of the CSS Alabama. Readers will sail aboard the Kearsarge as Winslow embarks for Europe with a set of simple orders from the secretary of the navy: "Travel to the uttermost ends of the earth, if necessary, to find and destroy the Alabama."

Winslow pursued Semmes in a spectacular fourteen-month chase over international waters, culminating in what would become the climactic sea battle of the Civil War.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

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©2022 Phil Keith and Tom Clavin (P)2022 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited

Interesting and Entertaining

This book gives a good account of both the Kearsarge and Alabama as well as the prominent crew members of each ship. Definitely worth a listen if you have interest in the Civil War or naval warfare.

Fascinating how these men traveled the world on a ship in the mid 19th century.

The relief of surviving a battle out at sea must be wild. Love the ending of this book. It kept me on the edge of my seat

description of battle

lots of uninteresting side details early in the story. I was not interested in all the side details of various characters and ships

check this out from the library if you really want to read it

This has a collection of interesting details with no great story. The narrarator frequently resorted to a half whisper as if to build the suspense. but the content was irrelevant for that. Overall, this did not engage me.

Excellent Historical Account

An example of how truth is much more interesting than fiction. Between the Alabama, and the Shenandoah in the gulf of Alaska, amazing sea warfare really effected places outside the USA.

Nice History of Civil War Navy

This was a thorough explaining of the history of CSS Alabama and to a greater extent naval operations as a whole during the Civil War. History buffs will love the detail.

Great historical story.

Did a great job recounting an exciting story. Great insight into that historical period and some interesting characters.