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Lame captains and left-handed admirals : amputee officers in Nelson's Navy / Teresa Michals.
Van Pelt Library DA87.1.A1 M53 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Michals, Teresa, 1963- author.
- Series:
- Peculiar bodies: stories and histories
- Peculiar bodies : stories and histories
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain. Royal Navy--History--19th century.
- Great Britain.
- Seymour, Michael, Sir, 1768-1834.
- Seymour, Michael.
- Pell, Watkin Owen, Sir, 1788-1869.
- Pell, Watkin Owen.
- Gordon, James Alexander, Sir, 1782-1869.
- Gordon, James Alexander.
- Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805.
- Nelson, Horatio Nelson.
- Great Britain. Royal Navy.
- Amputees--Great Britain--Biography.
- Amputees.
- Admirals--Great Britain--Biography.
- Admirals.
- History.
- Great Britain--History, Naval--19th century.
- Naval history.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Naval history.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Other Title:
- Amputee officers in Nelson's Navy
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- "Lame Captains and Left-Handed Admirals: Amputee Officers in Nelson's Navy focuses on the lives and careers of three amputee officers: Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, Admiral Sir Watkin Owen Pell, and Admiral Sir James Alexander Gordon. Bringing together military disability and the social history of the Royal Navy, this book examines how active-duty amputee officers attended to the difference between ideals of masculinity and military heroism, and the realities of military service"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Patrons and Followers
- 2. Looking Like a Hero
- 3. Love and Friendship
- 4. Becoming Victorian.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Michals, Teresa, 1963- Lame captains and left-handed admirals
- ISBN:
- 9780813946726
- 0813946727
- 9780813946733
- 0813946735
- OCLC:
- 1245578540
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