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Title:

At sea under impressment : accounts of involuntary service aboard navy and pirate vessels, 1700-1820 / edited by Jean Choate.

Publisher:

McFarland,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

vi, 212 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Sailors--United States--Biography.
Sailors--Great Britain--Biography.
Impressment--History--18th century.
Impressment--History--19th century.
United States--History, Naval--18th century.
United States--History, Naval--19th century.
Great Britain--History, Naval--18th century
Great Britain--History, Naval--19th century
Pirates--History.
Seafaring life--History.

Other Authors:

Choate, Jean.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

pt. I. Impressed -- John Newton -- Joshua Davis -- Joshua Penny -- Pirates! -- John Stradley -- Jacob Nagle -- Joseph Bates -- Dartmoor Prison -- Stephen Cabot -- James R. Durand -- Thomas Urquhart -- pt. II. Afterward -- William Molyneux afterward -- John Newton afterward -- Joseph Bates afterward -- Jacob Nagle afterward -- Joshua Penny afterward.

Summary:

"This book provides an historical overview of impressment, in which naval officers oversaw a gang that abducted British and American citizens, and held them captive until they were sent to sea as unwilling sailors. Included are personal accounts of thirteen men and a chapter on Dartmoor Prison which held thousands of impressed Americans during the War of 1812"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

078644374X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780786443741 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)476156877

LCCN:

2010013728

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)