Warship under Sail: The USS Decatur in the Pacific West (Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Series in Western History and Biography)

Ordered to join the Pacific Squadron in 1854, the sloop of war Decatur sailed from Norfolk, Virginia, through the Strait of Magellan to Valparaiso, Honolulu, and Puget Sound, then on to San Francisco, Panama, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, while serving in the Pacific until 1859, the eve of the Civil War. Historian Lorraine McConaghy presents the ship, its officers, and its crew in a vigorous, keenly ...
By Lorraine McConaghy
Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Series in Western History and Biography
Hardcover: 344 pages
Publisher: University of Washington Press (October 26, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0295989556
ISBN-13: 978-0295989556
Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 1.4 x 10.4 inches
Format: PDF ePub djvu book
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This astonishing book grabs your attention with its great research and takes you on a fantastic voyage with colorful characters. You can practically smell the sea air, and taste the questionable food, of a voyage under sail.It's a wonderfully documented book and part of its enormous readability is t...
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