- Description
- 1 online resource (xviii, 232 p.) : ill.
- Series Statement
- New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology
- Uniform Title
- Sovereignty at sea (Online)
- New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology.
- Alternative Title
- Sovereignty at sea (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The voyage of the Vigilancia -- From Falaba to Sussex -- The flag under fire: from Frye to Pass of Balmaha -- The flag under fire: from Leelanaw to Chemung -- Meetings at Pless Castle and on Pennsylvania Avenue -- Housatonic and Lyman M. Law -- A telegram, Algonquin, and an abdication -- The tipping-point ships: Vigilancia, City of Memphis, Illinois -- The agony of Woodrow Wilson -- Aztec, Missourian, Marguerite, and Congress -- Epilogue -- Appendix A. Loss of the Healdton -- Appendix B. Casualty lists -- Appendix C. Table of ship losses.
- LCCN
- 2009022467
- OCLC
- ssj0000525787
- Author
Carlisle, Rodney P.
- Title
Sovereignty at sea [electronic resource] : U.S. merchant ships and American entry into World War I / Rodney Carlisle ; foreword by James C. Bradford and Gene Allen Smith.
- Imprint
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2009.
- Series
New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology
New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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