Iron and Steel by A. F. Grant
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ePublished by
June 2024
Originally published March 10, 1883
Dime novel, Civil War
Author: A. F. Grant
ePublished by
June 2024
Originally published March 10, 1883
Dime novel, Civil War
Author: A. F. Grant
Number 26 in “The War Library: Original Stories of Adventure in the War for the Union,” a series of dime novels that are set in the midst of actual Civil War battles.
Iron and Steel; or, The Fall of Port Hudson is a story of romance, obsession, and espionage that takes place in the midst of the bloody siege of Port Hudson (May 22–July 9, 1863) on the Mississippi, a confrontation that cost thousands of Union lives and was finally settled by hunger, when Rebel forces ultimately surrendered because of lack of supplies.
The listed author, “Major A. F. Grant,” was one of the pen names used by Thomas Chalmers Harbaugh (1849–1924), generally credited as “Col. Thomas C. Harbaugh” on his works of fiction though there is no evidence in his scant biography of ever having been an actual colonel. Harbaugh was a prolific producer of pulp fiction, writing at a pace of one thriller per week at the peak of his career.
Iron and Steel; or, The Fall of Port Hudson is a story of romance, obsession, and espionage that takes place in the midst of the bloody siege of Port Hudson (May 22–July 9, 1863) on the Mississippi, a confrontation that cost thousands of Union lives and was finally settled by hunger, when Rebel forces ultimately surrendered because of lack of supplies.
The listed author, “Major A. F. Grant,” was one of the pen names used by Thomas Chalmers Harbaugh (1849–1924), generally credited as “Col. Thomas C. Harbaugh” on his works of fiction though there is no evidence in his scant biography of ever having been an actual colonel. Harbaugh was a prolific producer of pulp fiction, writing at a pace of one thriller per week at the peak of his career.