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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1128
Book Description
The National Cyclopædia of American Biography
Author: The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography
Author: The National Cyclopedia of American Biography
Author: The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography
Author: Associations' Publications in Print
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Category : Associations, institutions, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1530
Book Description
1981- in 2 v.: v.1, Subject index; v.2, Title index, Publisher/title index, Association name index, Acronym index, Key to publishers' and distributors' abbreviations.
American Book Publishing Record Cumulative, 1876-1949: Non-Dewey decimal classified titles
Author: R.R. Bowker Company. Department of BibliographyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 2200
Book Description
The United States Army and Navy Journal and Gazette of the Regular and Volunteer Forces
Author: Harper's Round Table
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Category : Children's periodicals, American
Languages : en
Pages : 1328
Book Description
The Reestablishment of the Navy, 1787-1801
Author: Michael J. CrawfordPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Captain Blakeley and the Wasp
Author: Stephen W. H. DuffyPublisher: US Naval Institute Press
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
"Until now there has never been a full biography of Johnston Blakeley, one of America's most accomplished naval commanders in the Age of Sail. When he went down with his sloop-of-war Wasp in 1815, most of his papers went with him, and the circumstances of his death have yet to be fully explained. Stephen Duffy has resurrected the remarkable life and career of this forgotten hero by consulting previously untapped sources on both sides of the Atlantic and in the process paints a vivid portrait of the early American navy in war and peace." "The focus of this book is the Wasp's historic cruise of 1814, when Blakeley defeated a larger force, with fewer resources, in waters closer to British soil, and in less time than any other American commander. In fact, Captain Blakeley was the only naval officer to take two enemy vessels of similar size in a single cruise - the Reindeer and the Avon - one a hard-fought boarding action, the other a night battle. Unlike his fellow ship captains, Blakeley followed orders and pressed the attack, paying the ultimate price."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved