The Romantic Decatur / / Charles Lee Lewis.

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Ann...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Edition:Reprint 2016
Language:English
Series:Anniversary Collection
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Physical Description:1 online resource (306 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Preface --
Contents --
Illustrations --
I. A Child of War and the Sea --
II Launching Time --
III. The War with France --
IV. The Burning of the Philadelphia --
V. A Captain at Twenty-Five --
VI. Hand-to-Hand Fighting --
VII. Peace with Tripoli --
VIII. Home from the War --
IX. Sailors' Rights --
X. Declaration of War --
XI. The United States Captures the Macedonian --
XII. Decatur Blockaded --
XIII. The Loss of the President --
XIV. Tribute from the Gannon's Mouth --
XV. Rewards of Valor --
XVI. Affairs of Honor --
XVII. Decatur and Barron --
XVIII. The Tragedy --
Songs and Poems --
Bibliography and Sources --
Notes --
Index --
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Summary:This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781512803877
9783110442526
DOI:10.9783/9781512803877
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Charles Lee Lewis.