Perry's Lake Erie fleet : after the glory / David Frew.
| Author/creator | Frew, David R. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Charleston, SC : History Press, 2012. |
| Description | 142 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Usher Parsons' baptism: cannonballs and splinters -- Before the wars: Native North Americans meet the Europeans -- Victory on Lake Erie: limping home -- Lake Erie: the Iroquois River sea -- Misery Bay miseries: lake fever -- North Country: Sinclair's challenge -- Daniel Dobbins: sailing master -- The burnings: from York and Dover Mills to Washington, D.C. -- Miller Worsley's first command: the Georgian Bay supply line -- Destination Mackinac: the 1814 campaign -- The Nancy: a consolation prize -- Sneak attack: Miller Worsley's Georgian Bay victory -- Fleet shipwright: curmudgeon, logistics specialist and spy -- Perry and Elliott: the duel that never took place -- Destiny: Perry, Sinclair, Worsley, Barclay, Elliott, Dobbins and Parsons -- Perry's fleet: the ravages of time -- James Fenimore Cooper enters the debate: Elliott's last stand -- Salvaging Perry's fleet: the resurrections of Lawrence and Niagara -- Wasaga Beach gives up its dead: the Nancy rises from the silt -- The new Niagara: the brig sails again -- Shipwreck in Lake Erie: could it be Caledonia? -- The mysteries of history: approaching the two-hundred-year anniversary -- Appendix: American and British ships from the Battle of Lake Erie. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2012007764 |
| ISBN | 9781609496104 |
| ISBN | 1609496108 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | E360 .F74 2012 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |