Author: Hurst, Ronald
Title: The Golden Rock: an Episode of the American War of Independence
Description: London: England: Leo Cooper, 1996. 0850523451. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.254 with index. red stamp withdrawn from library on frontpiece. The story of the tiny Dutch island of St. Eustatius-the Golden Rock-in the Lesser Antilles, once the richest trading centers in the Caribbean and a major source of supply for arms and necessaries for the American rebels in the War of Independence to reveal the history of British naval history. The author has pieced together the whole story and has given us an account of the rape of St. Eustatius and its aftermath. Fine/Fine.

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