{"product_id":"2026200014149-secondhand-rebel-down-under-when-the-shenandoah-shook-melbourne-1865","title":"Rebel Down Under: When The 'shenandoah' Shook Melbourne, 1865","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: First ed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the turbulent final days of the American Civil War, a Confederate warship sailed into one of the most unexpected theatres imaginable — the sun-drenched harbour of Melbourne, Australia — and ignited an international crisis that shook the foundations of colonial society. Rebel Down Under chronicles the audacious 1865 visit of the CSS Shenandoah, a Confederate commerce raider that sought refuge, repairs, and recruits in the port city, scandalising British imperial authorities and dividing Melbourne's citizens between Southern sympathisers and staunch Unionists. Cyril Pearl reconstructs this remarkable episode with the narrative verve of a born storyteller, drawing on period sources to capture the swagger of the Shenandoah's officers, the outrage of American diplomats, and the electric atmosphere of a colonial boomtown suddenly thrust into the centre of global conflict.\n\nPearl, one of Australia's most celebrated popular historians, brings to this account the same sharp wit and meticulous research that defined his broader body of work on Australian social history. Rebel Down Under sits at a compelling intersection of maritime adventure, Cold War-era diplomacy, and antipodean cultural identity, illustrating how a distant war could reach across oceans to inflame passions on the other side of the world. The book raises a quietly persistent question: in a city far from the battlefields of Virginia and Georgia, what does it mean to choose a side — and what are the consequences when you do?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49161012150491,"sku":"2026200014149-SECONDHAND","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/7d45ab8a-2975-4b16-97c1-aef7e10969fe.png?v=1787188980","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014149-secondhand-rebel-down-under-when-the-shenandoah-shook-melbourne-1865","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}