Stephen Decatur : a life most bold and daring / Spencer Tucker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tucker, Spencer.

Series:

Library of naval biography

Library of naval biography Stephen Decatur

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decatur, Stephen, 1779-1820.

Decatur, Stephen.

United States. Navy--Biography.

United States.

Admirals--United States--Biography.

Admirals.

United States--History--War of 1812--Naval operations.

United States--History, Naval--To 1900.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

First Naval Institute Press paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Brave, energetic, intensely patriotic, Stephen Decatur is America's first great naval hero after John Paul Jones. His short and dramatic life is a story of triumph and tragedy told by the noted historian and author of some twenty books, Spencer Tucker. Decatur's raid into Tripoli Harbor in 1804 to burn the Philadelphia, a prized U.S. warship captured when it ran aground during the Barbary Wars, earned him international fame. An admiring Horatio Nelson described the feat as ""the most bold and daring act of the age."" Explaining the tremendous impact Decatur's action had on the early U.S.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chronology; 1. Early Life; 2. The Quasi-War; 3. The Tripolitan War; 4. Decatur and the Philadelphia; 5. End of the War with Tripoli; 6. Prelude to War: The Chesapeake-Leopold Affair; 7. The War of 1812: Capture of the Macedonian; 8. The War of 1812: Loss of the President; 9. War with Algiers; 10. Too Fine a Sense of Honor; Conclusion; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Further Reading; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 3, 2014).

ISBN:

1-61251-510-X