Fiction

Written by a former journalist from Mississippi in 1944. It takes place during the civil war telling the tale of the construction of the CSS Arkansas and Iron clad that wreaked havoc on Farragut's fleet on the Mississippi river. Street's characters tell stories of the Civil War from the point of view of those in the opposition to slavery in the South. "Tap Roots" is the tale of a Mississippi county that succeeds from the Confederacy.

"By Valour and Arms" is told by a navel gunner and friends who will serve on the Arkansas. Wyeth Woodward from Missouri, Simeon St. Leger Granville an English ex-patriot and Vespasian Gillivray are the 3 unlikely crew that are bound together by the love of Dolly. She weighs 9,200 pounds, glups 13 pounds of powder when hungry throwing a 70 pound shell from her 107 inch mouth. Dolly is a Dahlgren gun which the men hopes will be mounted on the Arkansas.

This mismatched group tell the tale of the Arkansas and may take us to the battle of Vicksburg.