Hanging Offense The Strange Affair of the Warship Somers

Name: Hanging Offense The Strange Affair of the Warship Somers
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ISBN: 9780743256032

ISBN-10: 0743256034

ISBN-13: 9780743256032

Edition: N/A

Authors: Buckner Melton

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Mutiny on the Bountyis one of history's greatest naval stories -- yet few know the similar tale from America's own fledgling navy in the dying days of the Age of Sail, a tale of mutiny and death at sea on an American warship. In 1842, the brig-of-warSomersset out on a training cruise for apprentice seamen, commanded by rising star Alexander Mackenzie.Somerswas crammed with teenagers. Among them was Acting Midshipman Philip Spencer, a disturbed youth and a son of the U.S. Secretary of War. Buying other crew members' loyalty with pilfered tobacco and alcohol, Spencer dreamed up a scheme to kill the officers and turnSomersinto a pirate ship. In the isolated world of a warship, a single man can…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 7/27/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English