Mad Jack Percival

Download or read book Mad Jack Percival written by James H. Ellis and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Percival's naval career began in 1797 when he was impressed into British naval service aboard the HMS Victory and ended in 1846 after taking the USS Constitution on her only around-the-world cruise. This book draws from unpublished journals, letters, and logs to provide previously unknown details about Percival's adventures and the formative years of the U.S. Navy.".

Download or read book Goodbye Vietnam written by Robert W. Wood and published by Omonomany. This book was released on 2002 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of fictional remembrances of a Marine during the Vietnam conflict is told in a series of short pieces that describe the particular horrors of this war through one man's eyes. From 'The Gift', a story about boot camp and his love-hate for the drill sergeant, to 'Zelda Waiting', which finds him leaving Vietnam 'packed in the back of a truck with all our paraphernalia and our travel brochures', these vignettes take the reader into the dark world of this war. The absurdity of this time is profiled in 'Today's Spectators', in which an argument between two South Vietnamese factions plays out like a football game while the Americans eat peanuts and popcorn and watch a fighter plane strafe a convoy of trucks and tanks: This is a movie. I knew it, I knew it all along. Reminiscent of 'Apocalypse Now' in its treatment of meaninglessness and truthfulness, this book puts the reader square in the middle of a time and a place that even now remains controversial.

Download or read book Mad Jack written by David Long and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1993-03-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A respected writer of naval history, Long is most qualified to write this first biography of Mad Jack, an unusual and controversial figure in the early days of the U.S. Navy. Using family accounts and primary materials, Long recounts the 40-year naval career of this maverick naval officer and in doing so gives the low-down on how the Navy worked in its nascent years. Anyone interested in eighteenth and nineteenth century military history will find this engrossing reading. This popularly written but scholarly study covers the unusual Navy captain, whose career spanned the globe. Long provides a chronological account of Captain Percival's early years; his command during the War of 1812; his administrative duties at the Boston Navy Yard; his trips to the Pacific; mutinies; an incident with missionaries in Hawaii and the subsequent trial; cruises to the Caribbean; South America; and the Mediterranean; a trek around the world in the mid-1840s; his retirement; and his final years. Extensive notes and a bibliographical essay guide the reader to other important sources for those studying the period. Numerous maps are also provided.

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Download or read book Recollections of a Naval Officer, 1841-1865 written by William Harwar Parker and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Captain from Connecticut written by Linda M Maloney and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Captain from Connecticut is the definitive biography of the man who became a national hero as the commander of the USS Constitution in her dramatic victory over HMS Guerriere in the War of 1812. While Isaac Hull’s outstanding seamanship was in evidence throughout his career, Maloney makes the case that it is ironic that he is remembered for his tactical prowess in this famous naval battle, because he was actually the most pacific of men.

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