Lorraine McConaghy

Warship Under Sail

The USS Decatur in the Pacific West

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Produktbeschreibung

Warship under Sail shows life on a battleship on the eve of the Civil War from the bottom up. It traces the Decatur's five-year tour in the mid-1850s, which included stops in Honolulu, San Francisco, and Central America as well as in Puget Sound.Lorraine McConaghy is a historian at the Museum of History and Industry, Seattle

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 265mm x 224mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 1266g
• ISBN-13: 9780295989556
• ISBN-10: 0295989556
• Artikelnr.: 26524207

Autorenporträt

Lorraine McConaghy

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
1. Young America on the Pacific: "The Sailor of Manifest Destiny Views"
2. The Decatur in the Old Navy: "To Command Our Own Seas and Coasts"
3. Boston: Getting Under Way
4. Episode 1. Through the Strait of Magellan: "Off to Californio!"
5. Episode 2. Seattle: "Down Came the Indians, Like so Many Demons"
6. San Francisco: "This Reckless Life"
7. Episode 3. Nicaragua: "Seeing the Elephant"
8. Episode 4. Panama: "All the Subtle Demonisms of Life and Thought"
9. The Civil War and Beyond
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index