Warship Under Sail - The Uss Decatur in the Pacific West

Informationen zum Autor Lorraine McConaghy Klappentext 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 Zusammenfassung Ordered to join the Pacific Squadron in 1854! the US Navy warship Decatur sailed from Norfolk! Virginia! through the Strait of Magellan to Valparaiso! Honolulu! and Puget Sound! then on to San Francisco! Panama! and Costa Rica! while serving in the Pacific until 1859! the eve of the Civil War. This book offers a social history of the warship. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Lorraine McConaghy
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.10.2009
• EAN: 9780295989556
• ISBN: 978-0-295-98955-6
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Series in Western History and Biography; Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Series in Western History and Biography; Emil and Kathleen Sick Lecture; Emil and Kathleen Sick Book We; Warship under Sail; Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Series in Western History and BiographyEmil and Kathleen Sick Book Series in Western History and BiographyEmil and Kathleen Sick Book Series in Western History and Biograph
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration