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Attack of the HMS Nimrod : Wareham and the War of 1812
- Title
- Attack of the HMS Nimrod : Wareham and the War of 1812 / J. North Conway and Jesse Dubuc.
- Author
- Conway, J. North (Jack North)
- Publication
- Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2014.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Dubuc, Jesse.
- Description
- 142 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "The June 13, 1814 British attack of the HMS Nimrod on Wareham, Massachusetts in the War of 1812"--
- "On the morning of June13, 1814, the British warship HMS Nimrod attacked the town of Wareham, Massachusetts. As a center for shipbuilding and iron, Wareham was a perfect target for the British fleet. When the lead barge deceptively appeared with a white flag at its bow, Wareham never suspected anything but a truce and was ill prepared for the attack. A raiding party with six barges and two hundred men burned the town's cotton mill, destroyed its vessels and took its citizens as hostages. When Nimrod tried to flee the shores, it ran aground and had to throw its cannons and guns overboard in order to lighten its load and sail away. Wareham was left smoldering in its wake. Follow authors J. North Conway and Jesse Dubuc as they trace the attack from the initial spotting of the British fleet to the discovery of the lost Nimrod cannons"--
- Subject
- Nimrod (Warship)
- War of 1812
- 1800-1899
- HISTORY > United States > State & Local > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
- Sea control
- Wareham (Mass.) > History, Naval > 19th century
- Massachusetts > History > Naval operations. > War of 1812
- United States > History > Naval operations, British. > War of 1812
- Massachusetts
- Massachusetts > Wareham
- United States
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Naval history.
- Contents
- "In Crossing" : Commemorative Poem / by Katy Whittingham -- Introduction: The Yin And Yang of History -- The British Are Coming -- Nimrod : The Scourge of Buzzards Bay -- The Settlement of Wareham -- War Along the Coast -- Sails, Whales and Nails : Industry in Wareham -- Submission -- Never -- On to Wareham -- The Attack -- The End of the Hunter -- Appendix I: Nimrod Timeline -- Appendix II: Letter from Wareham, 1814.
- ISBN
- 9781626194090
- 1626194092
- LCCN
- 2014015892
- OCLC
- ocn868209945
- SCSB-9449349
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library