The ghost ship of Brooklyn : an untold story of the Revolutionary War / Robert P. Watson.
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TextPublisher: Boston : Da Capo Press, [2017]Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], 2017Description: 288pages 24cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- General
- 9780306825521 (hardcover)
- Untold story of the Revolutionary War
- Jersey (Prison-ship)
- Prison hulks -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Prisoners and prisons, British
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Prisoners and prisons, British
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- History, Military -- 18th century
- Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.) -- History, Military -- 18th century
- 973.3/71 23
- E281 .W37 2017
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Idaho Springs Public Library | ANF | 973.3 WAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 30404100187937 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: "A vast and silent army" -- Warship -- "The glorious cause" -- City of prisons -- Privateers -- Patriots -- Adventure on the high seas -- Floating dungeons -- Dead reckoning -- Welcome to hell -- The final voyage -- Tempest -- Negotiations -- July 4 -- Escape -- Run! -- Turning point -- Freedom -- Deaths and demise -- Rediscovery -- Postscript -- Appendix I. "The poet of the American Revolution" -- Appendix II. List of prison ships.
"The surprising story of the most infamous prison ship of the American Revolution, the HMS Jersey, and its role in the fight for independence."--Provided by publisher.
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