[Iris7]

Morning, Snippy,

Raphael Semmes wrote a book after the War which I hope to read. A very non-"PC" book indeed.

Semmes going out to meet KEARSARGE was, by modern standards, romantic and foolish. Losing ALABAMA was a very serious thing for the Confederacy. Semmes was a man of a world gone with the wind, as Margaret Mitchell put it. Honor before Mission. How quaint. (Notice my mixed feelings!)

[snippy_about_it]

You must come back and tell us all about it after you read it! I'll look it up after I get home and see if I can find the book too.

Of course I'm already way behind on my reading but it sounds like it would be good.

Thanks