Captain "Hell Roaring" Mike Healy : from American slave to Arctic hero / Dennis L. Noble and Truman R. Strobridge ; foreword by Gene Allen Smith and James C. Bradford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Noble, Dennis L.

Contributor:

Strobridge, Truman R.

Series:

New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Healy, Michael A., 1839-1904.

Healy, Michael A.

United States. Revenue-Cutter Service--Officers--Biography.

United States.

United States. Revenue-Cutter Service.

Ship captains--Alaska--Biography.

Ship captains.

African American sailors--Alaska--Biography.

African American sailors.

Passing (Identity).

Enslaved persons.

History.

Gold mines and mining.

Alaska--Gold discoveries.

Alaska.

Alaska--History--19th century.

African Americans--Biography.

African Americans.

Enslaved persons--Georgia--Biography.

Passing (Identity)--United States--Case studies.

Georgia.

Genre:

Case studies.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xx, 326 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2009]

Contents:

The Georgia plantation

Down to the sea

Love and the sailor

Eastern interlude

Healy's polar passion

Cannons, expeditions, shipwrecks, and reindeer

The captain and the immortal Bear

"Monster Healy"

The czar of the North

"I steer by no man's compass but my own"

"A desperate and dangerous man"

Epilogue

Appendix 1: Important dates in the life of Capt. Michael A. Healy

Appendix 2: The family of Michael Augustine Healy

Appendix 3: Charges brought against Capt. Michael A. Healy in 1896 trial.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813033686

0813033683

OCLC:

312445296