The Story of Annie

Author Robert Macomber to speak about mystery of U.S. Navy ship from Civil War

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Author Robert N Macomber will headline the annual Cracker Dinner Monday, Feb 20, at the Broadway Palm

Historical Society

Macomber will speak on the topic “The Adventurous Life and Strange Death of the U S Navy Schooner Annie on Our Coast ” Annie was a U S Navy blockade ship during the Civil War that captured five ships “Her life was impressively successful, her skipper wildly unpredictable, and her strange demise is still a mystery to this day,” Macomber said

The USS Annie was a schooner captured by the U S Navy in 1863 and used as part of the U S Navy's blockage of the eastern Gulf Coast of Mexico Based in Key West, it was found in January, 1865 after departing for

Charlotte Harbor at the bottom of the sea - the victim of an apparent explosion with its crew missing Macomber is a multi-award-winning author best known for his Honor Series of naval thrillers describing the life of a fictional American naval officer Peter Wake His 16th novel in the series, “Code of Honor,” was released last April and has received the Editor’s Choice

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