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Knickerbocker commodore : the life and times of John Drake Sloat, 1781-1867 /
- Title
- Knickerbocker commodore : the life and times of John Drake Sloat, 1781-1867 / Bruce A. Castleman.
- Author
- Castleman, Bruce A.,
- Publication
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [2016]
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 325 pages; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Excelsior editions
- Uniform Title
- Excelsior editions.
- Subject
- 1846-1848
- Armed Forces > Officers
- Mexican War (1846-1848)
- Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Biography
- Mexico > Monterrey
- Monterrey, Battle of (Mexico : 1846)
- Monterrey, Battle of, Monterrey, Mexico, 1846
- Ship captains > United States > Biography
- Ship captains
- Sloat, John D
- United States
- United States. Navy > Officers > Biography
- United States. Navy
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Indecision at Monterey -- Upstate knickerbocker -- Mr. Midshipman Sloat -- Schooner skipper -- Sailing master -- Blockaded lieutenant -- The first luff -- Pirates in the Caribbean -- New York interlude -- South American cruise -- Beached in New York -- Portsmouth commandant -- Mexican California -- Squadron command -- Norfolk and retirement.
- ISBN
- 9781438461519
- 1438461518
- 9781438461533 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2015036645
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library