Warship under Sail - The USS Decatur in the Pacific West.
Entry/Object ID
BK25590
Description
Young America on the Pacific : "The sailor of manifest destiny views"
The Decatur in the old Navy : "To command our own seas and coasts"
Boston : getting under way
Episode 1: Through the Strait of Magellan : "Off to Californio!"
Episode 2: Seattle : "Down came the Indians, like so many demons"
San Francisco : "This reckless life"
Episode 3: Nicaragua : "Seeing the elephant"
Episode 4: Panama : "All the subtle demonisms of life and thought"
The Civil War and beyond.
381 pgs., with index, illus.
Collection
Library Circulating Collection
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Book
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Decatur (Sloop of war), United States. Navy --History --19th century., Seafaring life --Pacific Area --History --19th century., Pacific Coast (Latin America) --History, Naval --19th century., United States --Territorial expansion.
Book Details
Author
McConaghy, Lorraine
Place Published
City
Seattle, WA
Bay
Puget Sound
Ocean
Salish Sea, West Coast of North America, Eastern North Pacific Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean, World Ocean