Sea of Darkness: Unraveling the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley, by Brian Hicks
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Sea of Darkness: Unraveling the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley, by Brian Hicks
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On a dark night in February of 1864, the H.L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink an enemy ship in combat, torpedoed the Union blockade ship USS Housatonic, a feat that would not be repeated for another 50 years. But fate was not kind to the Hunley that night as it sank with all of its crew on board before it could return to shore. Considered by many to be the Civil War’s greatest mystery, the Hunley’s demise and its resting place have been a topic of discussion for historians and Civil War buffs alike for more than a hundred years.Adding still more to the intrigue, the vessel was discovered in 1995 by a dive team led by famed novelist and shipwreck hunter Clive Cussler, sparking an underwater investigation that resulted in the raising of the Hunley on August 8, 2000. Since that time, the extensive research and restorative efforts underway have unraveled the incredible secrets that were locked within the submarine at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.Join Civil War expert Brian Hicks as Sea of Darkness recounts the most historically accurate narrative of the sinking and eventual recovery ever written. Hicks has been given unprecedented access to all the main characters involved in the discovery, raising, and restoration of the Hunley. Complete with a foreword and additional commentary by Clive Cussler, Sea of Darkness offers new, never-before-published evidence on the cause of the Hunley’s sinking, providing readers a tantalizing behind-the-scenes look inside the historic submarine.
Sea of Darkness: Unraveling the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley, by Brian Hicks- Amazon Sales Rank: #380669 in Books
- Brand: Brian Hicks
- Published on: 2015-03-24
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.10" h x 1.50" w x 6.50" l, 1.20 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 512 pages
Review “The comprehensive story of the Confederate submarine HL Hunley from the first rivet until today. This is a must-have book for anyone who loves submarines, appreciates American history, or wants to learn more about the HL Hunley. I could not put this book down, and neither will you once you start to read it!”—Wreck Diving Magazine“Brian Hicks’s unique perspective provides the true story of the Confederate submarine remembered as the Hunleyfrom the beginning to the present. Through exacting research he reveals a fascinating phenomenon that provides an intellectual adventure. His every detail is visibly accountable as he preserves the time period with intimate research of the people and the undersea vessel that forever changed the history of naval warfare.”—Clive Cussler, best-selling adventure novelist and founder of the National Underwater and Marine Agency“Never was an author better positioned or better prepared to write such an engaging and entertaining history. Hicks is an accomplished writer by trade, a Southern history buff by avocation and a close friend of many of the key movers and shakers who found, raised and are now restoring the submarine … There will always be unanswered questions, but all of the answers we do have are artfully woven together in Brian Hicks’ [Sea of Darkness].”—Frank L. Cloutier, The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)“Through skillful interweaving of the past and the present, Sea of Darkness illuminates the murky waters of the American Civil War. Hicks delivers an accurate, detailed account of military history that reads like an adventure novel, with a vibrant cast of characters and a storyline that will transport readers into the depths of naval warfare.”—Colonel W. Hays Parks, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired“The Hunley project is about discovery. It’s about learning what history can teach us. This project shows us what science, innovation, technology, and the human spirit can make possible. It is about courage.”—Warren Lasch, Friends of the Hunley“… In Sea of Darkness, we go on a journey through time between the early 1860s, when men first dreamed up the idea of an iron submersible, to the modern preservation efforts to save the now 152-year-old ship, whose whereabouts lay shrouded in mystery for 131 years … In sections the book reads like a historical adventure novel, with all the suggestive and pensive undercurrents of the doomed ship and crew. But Hicks’ true story also pieces together facts about the ship, theories on why she sank and details regarding the ongoing effort to reveal all the secrets the Hunley held for so many years.”—Paul Grimshaw, Grand Strand Magazine
About the Author Brian Hicks is a metro columnist for The Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina, and the author or coauthor of six previous books. He has written about Southern history and politics for more than 25 years, including turns as a statehouse newspaper correspondent in three states.Hicks’ journalism has appeared in national and international publications since 1986. His work has been featured on National Public Radio, Discovery Channel, CBS Sunday Morning, and in National Geographic and Smithsonian magazine. He was won more than 30 journalism awards, including the Society of Professional Journalists’ Green Eyeshade Award for humorous commentary and the South Carolina Press Association’s award for Journalist of the Year.Hicks has followed the story of the H.L. Hunley since 1998 and has had more access to the submarine and the people who discovered and recovered it than any other journalist. His previous books include Raising the Hunley, Toward the Setting Sun, Ghost Ship, and City of Ruin: Charleston at War 1860–1865.A native of Tennessee, he currently lives in Charleston, South Carolina.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. I found his treatment of the formation of The Friends of the Hunley to be the best part of Hick's book By Chris This is author Brian Hick's follow-up to his 2002 book, Raising The Hunley, coauthored by Schuyler Kropf. HIcks has had access to the key players in the Hunley saga from the beginning, and is therefore well-positioned to tell the story of its discovery and conservation. That story has been covered by many authors, and I cannot say that any one of the recent works on the Hunley stands head and shoulders above the others. For those who have been "Hunleyfied" as Hicks characterizes those fascinated by the subject, any new information is devoured and digested with relish. Sea of Darkness is the latest offering since Tom Chaffin's 2008 The Hunley The Secret Hope of the Confederacy. The past five years has likely produced much new information from the scientists at the Hunley's Warren Lasch Conservation Center, but Hick's book is not about that. Those wanting the complete story of the conservation of the sub and its contents will have to wait until one of the scientists publishes such a work. That story is a moving target, and until the conservation is complete and the Hunley is ready for its home in a North Charleston museum, we won't have the "definitive" story on the sub's physical characteristics and conservation.I found his treatment of the formation of The Friends of the Hunley to be the best part of Hick's book. This is a subject which was not well covered in previous works, and without the establishment of this booster, fund-raising organization, the Hunley's recovery and conservation would have been impossible. Hicks gives us the story on Warren Lasch and the other movers and shakers who got the job done, and it is a fascinating exposition of the personalities, motivations, and competing interests of the people behind the artifacts.Sea of Darkness covers the early Hunley story, from its predecessors through its historic engagement with the Housatonic. The book shuttles between the nineteenth century and recent times, which serves to hold one's interest better than a purely chronologic narrative. There is nothing in the historical aspect which I found to be new, and the well-read Hunley fan will find it to be familiar ground from previous works. Again, its strength is the back story of the people who labored to bring the craft to the surface and expose her secrets.The greatest remaining secret, of course, is why the Hunley failed to return from her mission. Hicks cannot tell us the cause, for at this time no one knows, nor may we ever. He states that a failed forward seacock, noted by conservator Paul Mardikian, could have allowed the ingress of sufficient water to send the sub to the bottom. How long the sub's crew survived is still unanswered, and no one has been able to discount the observation of the Housatonic's lookout that a blue light marked the location of the Hunley after sinking his ship. This part of the tale is treated in greater depth by Chaffin's 2008 book. Hick's earlier claim that the bullseye lantern found aboard the sub was the source of the fabled "blue light" signal has been moderated in his latestbook, but he inaccurately claims that the lantern was the "source of the popular-and controversial-blue light legend" and that it could "direct a beam of light a great distance." In fact, the "blue light legend" predated the discovery of the sub's lantern by 135 years, and is popular because it has a strong historical basis in eyewitness testimony. What has been controversial is the modern myth that the sub's lantern was the source of the "blue light" signal. Once the lantern from the sub was conserved, it was obvious to the scientists that it could not make a blue colored light, and therefore was not a signaling device, but merely a common lantern used to illuminate the crew's nightly walk to and from the Hunley. In addition, the beam from such a lantern is much too faint to be seen over the four miles between the sunken Housatonic and the shore base where the Confederates had agreed to look for the Hunley's signals. Hicks does not mention that in 1864, "blue light" was a common pyrotechnic signal, visible up to fifty miles at night. Obviously, the "blue light" seen by the Housatonic's lookout, and the signals agreed upon by the Hunley and her shore crew, and the two blue lights described by a post-War Charleston newspaperman, were these pyrotechnic blue lights. The modern myth of the blue lantern has been discredited, just one more of the long-held Hunley "facts" which have been necessarily discarded in the face of research on the sub.Hick's writing style is entertaining and makes for easy reading. If you are a historian, however, and are accustomed to using footnotes and citations to corroborate an author's statements, you might find his system unusual. There are no citations in the narrative, so one has no immediate means to identify a statement which the author feels merits further explanation or historical source. There is a "Notes" section appended to the narrative, arranged by chapter and page, each citation identified by the several words beginning the pertinent material. I found this arrangement cumbersome and unintuitive, much inferior to the traditional use of superscripts in the narrative, which provides immediate notification in the text that what I am reading is referenced in previous works.Overall, this book will entertain the reader who is new to the Hunley story, but may disappoint those who have followed it from the beginning, only because it reworks the familiar, and there is so little of what the die-hard "Hunleyfied" crave: new information on the Hunley's fate. This is not so much a failing of Hicks, as the expectations and knowledge level of the reader. I hope that another five years will bring a book devoted to the physical findings in the sub, the process of their conservation, and a detailed treatment of what this tells us about the last minutes of the Hunley crew.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. A Must-Read for Civil War Buffs By Nancy Hendrickson I've always found the story of the Hunley to be one of the most interesting (and horrifying) stories to come out of the Civil War era. The author's treatment of the development of the Hunley was of particular interest especially when taken side-by-side with the modern-day story of the submarine's discovery and recovery.Hicks' account of the new discoveries about the sub's sinking are fascinating - and backed-up with evidence few of us would ever have the opportunity to access.While investigations are ongoing, Hicks' book will provide Hunley fans with more than enough splendid detail to last until all examinations and investigations are complete.One of my favorite parts of the book was the incredible subterfuge taken to prevent looters from literally tearing the historic artifact apart. In addition, the efforts to put together a state-of-the-art laboratory for the recovered ship was a truly interesting read.I thought the author did an amazing job of putting together all of the pieces of this great mystery, while at the same time providing readers with a behind-the-scenes glimpse into an event that still holds fast to its mysteries.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. The Hunley brought to light! By Timothy E. Massey This is author Brian Hick's follow-up of his 2002 book, Raising the Hunley, with was coauthored by Schuyler Kropf. Hick’s has had a close relationship with the Hunley and an insider’s view of the saga as it has unfolded, with its secrets slowly revealed.For those of us who devour these type books whether ones interest is in the Civil War, submarines, or early technology, or all the above, this is your book. I cannot get enough of the Hunley and as Friend of the Hunley from its inception; I still grab everything that comes along, offering a new and improved version of the amazing vessels story.Every aspect of the Hunley, from its origin’s, to its crew, recovery, and the secrets it is slowly giving up, is fascinating reading. As one who has visited the Hunley several times since its recovery, Hick’s work just brings more of the story home, and answers lingering questions. If you have a “Hunley” library, or have never started one, then this is our book!
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