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Warship under sail : the USS Decatur in the Pacific West
- Title
- Warship under sail : the USS Decatur in the Pacific West / Lorraine McConaghy.
- Author
- McConaghy, Lorraine.
- Publication
- Seattle : Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest : In association with University of Washington Press, c2009.
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- Additional Authors
- Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest.
- Description
- xi, 381 p. : ill., maps; 27 cm.
- Series Statement
- The Emil and Kathleen Sick lecture-book series in Western history and biography ; 15th bk
- Uniform Title
- Emil and Kathleen Sick lecture-book series in western history and biography ; 15.
- Subject
- Decatur (Sloop of war)
- United States. Navy > History > 19th century
- Seafaring life > Northwest, Pacific > History > 19th century
- Seafaring life > Pacific Area > History > 19th century
- Seafaring life > Pacific Coast (Latin America) > History > 19th century
- Northwest, Pacific > History, Naval > 19th century
- Pacific Area > History, Naval > 19th century
- Pacific Coast (Latin America) > History, Naval > 19th century
- United States > Territorial expansion
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Young America on the Pacific : "The sailor of manifest destiny views" -- The Decatur in the old Navy : "To command our own seas and coasts" -- Boston : getting under way -- Episode 1: Through the Strait of Magellan : "Off to Californio!" -- Episode 2: Seattle : "Down came the Indians, like so many demons" -- San Francisco : "This reckless life" -- Episode 3: Nicaragua : "Seeing the elephant" -- Episode 4: Panama : "All the subtle demonisms of life and thought" -- The Civil War and beyond.
- Call Number
- JFF 10-411
- ISBN
- 9780295989556 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- 0295989556 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009018659
- OCLC
- YBP 2009018659
- Author
- McConaghy, Lorraine.
- Title
- Warship under sail : the USS Decatur in the Pacific West / Lorraine McConaghy.
- Imprint
- Seattle : Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest : In association with University of Washington Press, c2009.
- Series
- The Emil and Kathleen Sick lecture-book series in Western history and biography ; 15th bkEmil and Kathleen Sick lecture-book series in western history and biography ; 15.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 10-411