Pirates & patriots [electronic resource] : tales of the Delaware coast / Michael Morgan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morgan, Michael, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Delaware Bay (Del. and N.J.)--History--Anecdotes.

Delaware Bay (Del. and N.J.).

Atlantic Coast (Del.)--History--Anecdotes.

Atlantic Coast (Del.).

Atlantic Coast (Del.)--History, Naval--Anecdotes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Algora Pub., c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Piecing together clues found in regional archives, libraries and museums, author Michael Morgan presents the colorful characters who line the history of Delaware from its earliest colonial days to the invention of the "beach resort" and the founding of th

Contents:

Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. Colonists and Cutthroats; Chapter 2. Patriots and Tories; Chapter 3. Shipwrecks and Wars; Chapter 4. Dark Secrets and Dark Corners; Chapter 5. Civil War Divides Sussex; Chapter 6. Vacationers and Beachcombers; Chapter 7. Shipwrecks and Sun Worshippers; Chapter 8. Into a New Century; Chapter 9. Between the Wars; Chapter 10. World War II. Pearl Harbor Echoes on the Coast; Chapter 11. Into the Modern World; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-222).

ISBN:

1-281-39847-0

9786611398477

1-4175-8462-9

0-87586-339-6

OCLC:

185536833