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The Resource A darker sea : Master Commandant Putnam and the War of 1812 : a novel, James L. Haley

A darker sea : Master Commandant Putnam and the War of 1812 : a novel, James L. Haley

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"Commander Bliven Putnam faces the biggest military conflict between the United States and Britain since the Revolution in this high seas adventure by award-winning historian James L. Haley. At the onset of the War of 1812, the British control the most powerful navy on earth and, to keep up their numbers, they are forcing helpless American traders into service against their own flag. In the midst of public outrage and competing voices in the U.S. Navy, President Madison and his cabinet members are divided on a course of action. Bliven Putnam, late of the Battle of Tripoli, is dispatched to Washington, D.C., to serve as a decisive voice--or perhaps a scapegoat--and finds himself drawn into a new kind of warfare: politics. Bliven's diplomatic responsibilities are soon exchanged for command of a new twenty-gun brig, the U.S.S. Tempest. But the journey to captain will prove to be more physically and psychologically taxing than Bliven expects. Especially when an old nemesis from a disastrous Naples encounter, Lord Arthur Kington, is prowling the sea. Aboard the H.M.S. Java, Kington is taking prizes and disrupting American merchant shipping, and he's pressed Bliven's oldest friend, Sam Bandy, into service. Overhauled, overmatched, and unprepared, both Bliven Putnam and his young nation are heading into a battle more personal than anyone could know. With exquisite detail and guns-blazing action, A Darker Sea illuminates this unforgettable period in American history."
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eng
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Edition
First G.P. Putnam's Sons trade paperback edition.
Extent
384 pages
Isbn
9780425282823
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A darker sea : Master Commandant Putnam and the War of 1812 : a novel
Title
A darker sea
Title remainder
Master Commandant Putnam and the War of 1812 : a novel
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James L. Haley
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Author
Subject
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Language
eng
Summary
"Commander Bliven Putnam faces the biggest military conflict between the United States and Britain since the Revolution in this high seas adventure by award-winning historian James L. Haley. At the onset of the War of 1812, the British control the most powerful navy on earth and, to keep up their numbers, they are forcing helpless American traders into service against their own flag. In the midst of public outrage and competing voices in the U.S. Navy, President Madison and his cabinet members are divided on a course of action. Bliven Putnam, late of the Battle of Tripoli, is dispatched to Washington, D.C., to serve as a decisive voice--or perhaps a scapegoat--and finds himself drawn into a new kind of warfare: politics. Bliven's diplomatic responsibilities are soon exchanged for command of a new twenty-gun brig, the U.S.S. Tempest. But the journey to captain will prove to be more physically and psychologically taxing than Bliven expects. Especially when an old nemesis from a disastrous Naples encounter, Lord Arthur Kington, is prowling the sea. Aboard the H.M.S. Java, Kington is taking prizes and disrupting American merchant shipping, and he's pressed Bliven's oldest friend, Sam Bandy, into service. Overhauled, overmatched, and unprepared, both Bliven Putnam and his young nation are heading into a battle more personal than anyone could know. With exquisite detail and guns-blazing action, A Darker Sea illuminates this unforgettable period in American history."
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Haley, James L
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813/.6
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no index present
Literary form
fiction
Series statement
Bliven Putnam naval adventure series
Series volume
book 2
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adult
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A darker sea : Master Commandant Putnam and the War of 1812 : a novel, James L. Haley
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Includes bibliographical references
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volume
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on1062401801
Dimensions
21 cm.
Edition
First G.P. Putnam's Sons trade paperback edition.
Extent
384 pages
Isbn
9780425282823
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(paperback)
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
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map
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(OCoLC)1062401801
Label
A darker sea : Master Commandant Putnam and the War of 1812 : a novel, James L. Haley
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • cartographic image
Content type code
  • txt
  • cri
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Control code
on1062401801
Dimensions
21 cm.
Edition
First G.P. Putnam's Sons trade paperback edition.
Extent
384 pages
Isbn
9780425282823
Isbn Type
(paperback)
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
map
System control number
(OCoLC)1062401801

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