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    The Burning of the Flag
    The Burning of the Flag
    The Burning of the Flag
    Audiobook34 minutes

    The Burning of the Flag

    Written by James Lee Burke

    Narrated by Ron McLarty

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    A short story from one of the country’s most-acclaimed and popular novelists James Lee Burke's story collection, Jesus Out to Sea.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateJul 10, 2007
    ISBN9780743571494
    The Burning of the Flag
    Author

    James Lee Burke

    James Lee Burke is a New York Times bestselling author, two-time winner of the Edgar Award, and the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts in Fiction. He has authored forty novels and two short story collections. He lives in Missoula, Montana.

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    • 4/5
      Based primarily on the journal kept by the Executive Officer, Conway Whittle, it documents the Shenandoah's 58,000 mile journey from England to the Bering Sea and back. During the journey the ship captured 40 Federal merchant and whaling ships, burning most of them. What makes the story all the more interesting is that most of the ships were taken after the war ended. The crew was unaware of the war's end until August of 1865, several months too late. Once they found out the war had ended they sailed to England and surrendered to a Royal Navy ship at Liverpool. If you've never heard the Shenandoah's story, this is a good place to start.
    • 4/5
      The authors do an excellent job of weaving Conway Whittle's personal observations with the facts of the C S S Shenandoah's journey - a cruiser that became, more or less, a pirate ship for the Confederacy. Use of naval terms flow easily with the text so as not to be distracting or leave the reader feeling ignorant (of course a glossary is included in the back of the book). Struck by the character of Whittle - his honest journal entries, a faith in God that he felt he didn't really have, his skill and courage as a sailor and his very humaness, I turned to genealogy research (nothing too hard or special) to follow Whittle after the war and his return to the states. Addendum: A few facts to add or clear up - Authors failed to give Whittle's actual birth/death dates. William Conway Whittle, Jr. died January 5, 1920 and is buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Norfolk, VA. He & his wife had 6 children, losing one (Richard) by 1900. (on page 329 the authors write that 4 children are born to the Whittles) Whittle's mother, Elizabeth Sinclair Whittle, died in the 1855 yellow fever epidemic - this is not made clear on page 24 where a variety of years are given that must be calculated for her death year & 1855 doesn't seem to be the answer.
    • 4/5
      I truly appreciate James Lee Burke. His writing, wraps an arm firmly around the shoulders like an old friend and takes you on a stroll through the images of yesteryear, painted with a brush of stark reality. "The Burning of the Flag" is a great short in that singular tradition. Ron McLarty, captures the essence of the story in his narration. A great short listen. Looking forward to the other stories from this anthology.