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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1394
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Book Dealers' Weekly
Author: Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society
Author: Illinois State Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 842
Book Description
Catalogue of the Illinois State Library
Author: Illinois State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Dictionary
Languages : en
Pages : 534
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Niles' Weekly Register
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Containing political, historical, geographical, scientifical, statistical, economical, and biographical documents, essays and facts: together with notices of the arts and manu factures, and a record of the events of the times.
A Joint Catalogue of the Periodicals, Publications and Transactions of Societies, and Other Books Published at Intervals to be Found in the Various Libraries of the City of Toronto
Author: In Pursuit of the Essex
Author: Ben HughesPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473881102
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
On 26 October 1812, during the war between Britain and the United States, the frigate USS Essex set sail on the most remarkable voyage in the early history of the US navy. After rounding Cape Horn, she proceeded to systematically destroy the British South Seas whaling fleet. When news reached the Royal Navys South American station at Rio de Janeiro, HMS Phoebe was sent off in pursuit. So began one of the most extraordinary chases in naval history.In Pursuit of the Essex follows the adventures of both hunter and hunted as well as a host of colourful characters that crossed their paths. Traitorous Nantucket whalers, Chilean revolutionaries, British spies, a Peruvian viceroy and bellicose Polynesian islanders all make an appearance. The brilliant yet vainglorious Captain Porter of the Essex, his nemesis Captain James Hillyar of the Phoebe, and two young midshipmen, David Farragut and Allen Gardiner, are the principal narrators. From giant-tortoise turning expeditions on the Galapagos to the perils of rounding Cape Horn, via desperate skirmishes with spear-toting natives on the Marquesas and a defeated duellist bleeding his life out onto black, volcanic sands, the reader is immersed in the fantastical world of the British and American seamen who struggled for supremacy over the worlds oceans in the sunset years of the age of sail. Ben Hughess graphic account is a work of non-fiction, yet reads like a novel, from the opening view of the Essex preparing for her cruise on the Delaware River to the storys bloody denouement in Valparaiso Bay.
Catalogue
Author: Cadmus Book ShopPublisher:
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Category : Catalogs, Booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 892
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The Internal Enemy
Author: Alan TaylorPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393073718
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Drawn from new sources, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian presents a gripping narrative that recreates the events that inspired hundreds of slaves to pressure British admirals into becoming liberators by using their intimate knowledge of the countryside to transform the war.
Catalogue of the Pennsylvania State Library. Compiled and Classified by W. De Witt
Author: Pennsylvania State Library (HARRISBURG)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 444
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Financial and Business Forecasting
Author: Warren Fayette HickernellPublisher:
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Category : Business cycles
Languages : en
Pages : 456
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