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Sir Samuel Hood and the Battle of the Chesapeake / Colin Pengelly ; foreword by James C. Bradford and Gene A. Smith

Record no:

58459

Call no:

973.337 PEN

Author:

Pengelly, Colin

Publisher:

Gainsville, Fla.: University Press of Florida

Year:

2009

Series:

New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology

Description:

xii, 251 p. : map, port. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Hood, Samuel Hood Viscount, 1724-1816;
Chesapeake, Battle of the, Va., 1781;
Admirals - Great Britain - Biography;
Great Britain. Royal Navy - History;
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Naval operations, British;

United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - British forces;

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Isbn:

9780813033136

Type:

Book

Contents:

1. Hood's Early Career -- 2. The Frigate Captain -- 3. The Commodore -- 4. The Commissioner -- 5. The Other Side of the Channel -- 6. The Flag Officer -- 7. The Chesapeake: The Forces Gather -- 8. The Chesapeake: The Battle Joined -- 9. The World Turned

Upside Down -- 10. The Rise and Fall of an Admiral -- Appendix 1. The British Fleet on 5 September 1781 -- Appendix 2. The French Fleet on 5 September 1781.

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