CAMPBELL, R. THOMAS

Gray Thunder Exploits of the Confederate States Navy

Shippensburg PA: Burd Street Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0942597990. DJ shows heavy shelf wear with tears, creasing and chipping. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Illustrations; 9.1 X 6.1 X 1.1 inches; 212 pages; "Gray Thunder is the fascinating story of the Confederate navy as it struggled against a well equipped and relentless foe. The South's navy and its contribution to the Confederate war effort has been largely ignored in the history of the war. Gray Thunder fills this void. Using selected exploits, including extensive quotes from those who were there, the author tells the exciting story of the Confederate Navy and its courageous battle, with insufficient resources, against unbelievable odds.". Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 19281

Catalogue: Militaria::Naval::US

Keywords: 0942597990 confederacy Civil War Navy Militaria

DRAKE, FREDERICK

The Empire of the Seas a Biography of Rear Admiral Robert Wilson Shufeldt, Usn

Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0824808460. DJ shows very light shelf wear with short tears on back top and bottom edges. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Map endpapers ; B&W Photographs; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 468 pages. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 19828

Catalogue: Militaria::US::Naval

Keywords: 0824808460 US Civil War Diplomat rear admiral trent affair Biographies & Memoirs Militaria

LEINER, FREDERICK C.

The End of Barbary Terror America's 1815 War Against the Pirates of North Africa

New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0195325400. Card covers show light shelf wear, corner curl. Previous owner's name on title page ; A bright, solid book. A scholarly book with source notes, bibliography, index and appendices. B&W illustrations ; Trade PB; 9.2 X 0.66 X 6.61 inches; 239 pages; "When Barbary pirates captured an obscure Yankee sailing brig off the coast of North Africa in 1812, enslaving eleven American sailors, President James Madison sent the largest American naval force ever gathered to that time, led by the heroic Commodore Stephen Decatur, to end Barbary terror once and for all. Drawing upon numerous ship logs, journals, love letters, and government documents, Frederick C. Leiner paints a vivid picture of the world of naval officers and diplomats in the early nineteenth century, as he recreates a remarkable and little known episode from the early American republic. Leiner first describes Madison's initial efforts at diplomacy, sending Mordecai Noah to negotiate. But when the ruler refused to ransom the Americans--"not for two millions of dollars"--Madison declared war and sent a fleet to North Africa. ". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 21140

Catalogue: Militaria::US::Naval

Keywords: 0195325400 Piracy Barbary Coast President Madison Stephen Decatur North Africa MARITIME Militaria Africa

LORD, WALTER

Day of Infamy Pearl Harbour

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1957. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Map Endpapers. Shelf wear evident on DJ, with short tears, creasing and chipping, blue cloth boards have corner bumps. Previous owner's name in ink on half-title page. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector, unclipped. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 243 pages; "Walter Lord interviewed nearly 600 participants in the tragic and treacherous attack on the USA's prime Pacific naval base in the Hawaiian Islands. From about half an hour before the attack to the realization later in the day that the pride of the American navy lay sunk or burning in the oil-blackened, wreckage-strewn waters of the harbour, the reader is given the authentic picture. It is an immensely human story - the numbed shock of the survivors, the enthusiasm of the Japanese pilots and the bravery of American sailors as well as the bewilderment and sometimes panic of the participants - is vividly described.". Very Good in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 18634

Catalogue: Militaria::Naval::US

Keywords: Pearl Harbor WWII Japan Militaria

TOLLEY, REAR ADMIRAL KEMP

Yangtze Patrol the U.S. Navy in China

Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1984. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0870217976. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, 3/4" tear at bottom front of DJ, light edge ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 329 pages; "The U.S. Navy's patrol of the Yangtze River began in 1854 when the USS Susquehanna was sent to China to safeguard increasing American commerce in the region. As Kemp Tolley explains in this entertaining history of the patrol in which he was to later serve, the presence of gunboats along the river greatly benefited the integrity of the shoreline factories. Tolley was a young naval officer in the 1930s when assigned gunboat duty, first in the Mindanao, then in the Tutuila, and finally the Wake in August 1941. His colorful description of life as a "river rat" is filled with anecdotes about the resourceful and high-spirited sailors who manned the old riverboats in that distant land.". Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 20904

Catalogue: Militaria::US::Naval

Keywords: 0870217976 Yangtze river us navy Militaria