The curse of the Somers : the secret history behind the U.S. Navy's most infamous mutiny / James P. Delgado.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Delgado, James P., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Somers Mutiny, 1842.

United States--History--1815-1861.

United States.

United States. Navy--History.

Somers (Destroyer : DD-381)--History.

Somers (Destroyer : DD-381).

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Billy Budd.

Melville, Herman.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

'The Curse of the Somers' retells the greatest controversy in the history of the U.S. Navy of the early American Republic, a plotted mutiny by the son of the Secretary of War. Acknowledged as the only mutiny in the Navy's history, the events on the Somers inspired countless headlines and, most famously, Hermann Melville's Billy Budd. This book vividly reconstructs the circumstances of this fascinating story, drawing from a rich historical record and from the investigation of the ship's sunken remains.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Philip Spencer

2. An Unlucky Ship

3. A Sailor's Life for Me

4. A Fatal Cruise

5. A Hanging

6. Controversy and Inquiry

7. "Damn Bad Luck Follows"

8. Legacies.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 8, 2022).

ISBN:

0-19-757525-0

0-19-757524-2

0-19-757523-4