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Author:
Castleman, Bruce A., author.
Title:
Knickerbocker commodore : the life and times of John Drake Sloat, 1781-1867 / Bruce A. Castleman.
Publisher:
State University of New York Press,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
xiii, 325 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Sloat, John D.--(John Drake)
United States.--Navy--Officers--Biography.
Sloat, John D.--(John Drake)
United States.--Navy.
Mexican War (1846-1848)
Monterrey, Battle of (Mexico : 1846)
Mexican War, 1846-1848--Biography.
Ship captains--United States--Biography.
Monterrey, Battle of, Monterrey, Mexico, 1846.
Armed Forces--Officers.
Ship captains.
Mexico--Monterrey.
United States.
1846-1848
Biography.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Indecision at Monterey -- Upstate knickerbocker -- Mr. Midshipman Sloat -- Schooner skipper -- Sailing master -- Blockaded lieutenant -- The first luff -- Pirates in the Caribbean -- New York interlude -- South American cruise -- Beached in New York -- Portsmouth commandant -- Mexican California -- Squadron command -- Norfolk and retirement.
Series:
Excelsior editions
ISBN:
1438461518
9781438461519
OCLC:
(OCoLC)921821877
LCCN:
2015036645
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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