Read by Ken Maxon
This famous short story written by Jules Verne in 1865 was first published in 1871
The Blockade Runners is a classic account of The American civil war conspiracy which
centers on the exploits of James Playfair who must stop the Federalist blockade of
the harbour of Charleston in South Carolina harbour to deal supplies for cotton and,
later in the book, to save the father of a young girl held prisoner by the Confederates
Verne's tale was motivated by reality as various ships were actually lost while acting
as Blockade runners in and around Charleston in the early eighteen sixties
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