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Publisher : Cambria Press
ISBN 13 : 1621969614
Total Pages : 646 pages
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Download or read book Commodore Robert F. Stockton, 1795-1866 written by and published by Cambria Press. This book was released on with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Jacobs Peterson
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Download or read book The American Navy : Being an Authentic History of the United States Navy written by Charles Jacobs Peterson and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Samuel John Bayard
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Total Pages : 348 pages
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Download or read book A Sketch of the Life of Com. Robert F. Stockton written by Samuel John Bayard and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work details the life of Robert F. Stockton, a commodore in the United States Navy who was instrumental in the capture of California during the Mexican War. He later served as a Democratic senator for the state of New Jersey and a New Jersey militia commander during the Confederate Army's invasion of Pennsylvania.
Author : John C. Fredriksen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1598844326
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (988 download)
Download or read book The United States Navy written by John C. Fredriksen and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-07-12 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering more than two centuries of naval history, this chronology highlights the individuals and events that shaped one of the world's greatest fighting forces—the United States Navy. The United States Navy: A Chronology, 1775 to the Present showcases the dramatic role of the nation's warships throughout America's long history and documents the Navy's vital contributions to establishing the United States as a superpower. Beginning with the American Revolutionary War, this comprehensive work details major and minor events in the history of the U.S. Navy through Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. The topics included in this book describe not only battles at sea, but also important political and administrative changes, as well as notable events in the careers of admirals and other naval leaders. Significant battles in all major wars are covered, along with actions in smaller conflicts. This chronology also includes the founding of noted schools of instruction; the introduction of new classes of warships and aircraft; and significant naval texts, such as Alfred Thayer Mahan's seminal The Influence of Naval Power upon History.
Author : Bronwyn Mills
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438100140
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)
Download or read book U. S. -Mexican War, Updated Edition written by Bronwyn Mills and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for the previous edition:"Well selected black-and-white maps and reproductions of old photographs add to the readers' understandings." - Journal of ReadingControversial and unpopular, the U.S.-Mexican War divided t
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Total Pages : 360 pages
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Download or read book A sketch of the life of Com. Robert F. Stockton; with an appendix, compr. his correspond. with the Navy Departm. respect. his conquest of California; and extracts from the defence of Col. J. C. Fremont, in relation to the same subject; together with his Speeches in the Senate of the United States, and his Political letters written by and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : R. John Brockmann
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ISBN 13 : 9781624992087
Total Pages : 645 pages
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Download or read book Commodore Robert F. Stockton, 1795-1866 written by R. John Brockmann and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stockton first made his reputation as "Fighting Bob" in the defense of Baltimore in the War of 1812, and, on his first naval command, he founded Liberia for freed slaves. Yet he also owned slaves on his sugar plantation in Georgia, and later probably used "rented" slave labor his in Virginia gold mines. As a naval officer, he chased pirates with the West Indies Squadron and may have been responsible for the death of Jean Lafitte; yet he acted like a pirate himself in ruthlessly protecting his Joint Companies' monopoly of railroad and canal traffic across New Jersey. Stockton achieved nautical design prominence by bringing John Ericsson to America to create the first steam-powered, propeller-driven warship and the most powerful cannon in the world. (Ericsson later designed USS Monitor in the Civil War.) However, in demonstrating his cannon to high government officials, the cannon backfired killing nearly half of President Tyler's cabinet. From Congress and the President, Stockton brought the invitation of annexation to Texas, but then he tried to initiate a war between Texas and Mexico that he would clandestinely underwrite with profits from his transportation monopoly. He sailed to California arriving at the start of the Mexican-American war so that he was the commander-in-chief of all US forces, and joined with John C. Fremont and his filibusters to take California for the United States-yet he never had specific orders to take California. Upon his return, he became the first naval officer to become a U. S. Senator, and then he sought the nomination for president twice: once on the 1852 Democratic Party ticket almost nosing out Franklin Pierce and once on the American Party or Know-Nothing ticket. His nomination from the nativist American Party is particularly ironic because he has been instrumental twelve years earlier in suppressing nativist riots in Philadelphia. In 1861, on the eve of the Civil War, New Jersey sent him as a member of a delegation to the Peace Conference in Washington that attempted to avert the Civil War. However at the peace conference, Stockton threatened to beat up a member who opposed his policies. Stockton eventually retired from public life to the New Jersey seashore where he founded the community of Sea Girt, and sat idle during the Civil War. He died in 1867 just after witnessing the expulsion of his son who had attempted to succeed him in the U. S. Senate. Historians of the Early Republic and antebellum naval operations will discover hitherto unknown or unappreciated materials and texts in the protean odyssey of this unsung American hero.
Author : Michael J. Birkner
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813571774
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)
Download or read book The Governors of New Jersey written by Michael J. Birkner and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-10 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rogues, aristocrats, and a future U.S. president. These and other governors are portrayed in this revised and updated edition of the classic reference work on the chief executives of New Jersey. Editors Michael J. Birkner, Donald Linky, and Peter Mickulas present new essays on the governors of the last three decades—Brendan T. Byrne, Thomas Kean, James Florio, Christine Todd Whitman, Donald DiFrancesco, James McGreevey, Richard Codey, and Jon Corzine. The essays included in the original edition are amended, edited, and corrected as necessary in light of new and relevant scholarship. The authors of each governor’s life story represent a roster of such notable scholars as Larry Gerlach, Stanley Katz, Arthur Link, and Clement Price, as well as many other experts on New Jersey history and politics. As a result, this revised edition is a thorough and current reference work on the New Jersey governorship—one of the strongest in the nation. Also of Interest: New Jersey Politics and Government The Suburbs Come of Age Fourth Edition Barbara G. Salmore with Stephen A. Salmore 978-0-8135-6139-4 paper $34.95 A volume in the Rivergate Regionals Collection Me, Governor? My Life in the Rough-and-Tumble World of New Jersey Politics Richard J. Codey 978-0-8135-5045-9 cloth $24.95 The Life and Times of Richard J. Hughes The Politics of Civility John B. Wefing 978-0-8135-4641-4 cloth $32.50 Governor Tom Kean From the New Jersey Statehouse to the 911 Commission Alvin S. Felzenberg 978-0-8135-3799-3 cloth $29.95
Author : William Earl Weeks
Publisher : Ivan R. Dee
ISBN 13 : 1461733200
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (617 download)
Download or read book Building the Continental Empire written by William Earl Weeks and published by Ivan R. Dee. This book was released on 1997-09-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fresh survey of foreign relations in the early years of the American republic, William Earl Weeks argues that the construction of the new nation went hand in hand with the building of the American empire. Mr. Weeks traces the origins of this initiative to the 1750s, when the Founding Fathers began to perceive the advantages of colonial union and the possibility of creating an empire within the British Empire that would provide security and the potential for commercial and territorial expansion. After the adoption of the Constitution—and a far stronger central government than had been popularly imagined—the need to expand combined with a messianic American nationalism. The result was aggressive diplomacy by successive presidential administrations. From the acquisition of Louisiana and Florida to the Mexican War, from the Monroe Doctrine to the annexation of Texas, Mr. Weeks describes the ideology and scope of American expansion in what has become known as the age of Manifest Destiny. Relations with Great Britain, France, and Spain; the role of missionaries, technology, and the federal government; and the issue of slavery are key elements in this succinct and thoughtful view of the making of the continental nation.
Author : Frank Richard Stockton
Publisher : Delphi Classics
ISBN 13 : 1786560186
Total Pages : 7382 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (865 download)
Download or read book Delphi Complete Works of Frank R. Stockton (Illustrated) written by Frank Richard Stockton and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2016-04-02 with total page 7382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frank R. Stockton is chiefly remembered today for his innovative short stories and children’s fairy tales, which established his name as one of America’s greatest storytellers in the last decades of the nineteenth century. For the first time in publishing history, this comprehensive eBook presents Stockton’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare story collections and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 3) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Stockton’s life and works * All 24 novels, with individual contents tables * The complete short stories – with many rare tales * Includes rare story collections appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Many of the collections and novels are fully illustrated with their original artwork, featuring hundreds of images * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories * Easily locate the tales you want to read * Includes Stockton’s rare non-fiction – available in no other collection * Features the memoir by Marian E. Stockton – discover Stockton’s literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres * Updated with 5 rare novels and more short stories CONTENTS: The Short Story Collections Ting-A-Ling Tales (1870) Round-About Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy (1872) Stephen Skarridge’s Christmas (1872) Tales Out of School (1875) The Floating Prince and Other Fairy Tales (1881) The Lady or the Tiger? and Other Stories (1884) A Borrowed Month and Other Stories (1887) The Bee-Man of Orn and Other Fanciful Tales (1887) Amos Kilbright; His Adscititious Experiences, with Other Stories (1888) The Great War Syndicate (1889) The Rudder Grangers Abroad and Other Stories (1891) The Clocks of Rondaine and Other Stories (1892) The Watchmaker’s Wife and Other Stories (1893) A Chosen Few Short Stories (1895) Afield and Afloat (1900) John Gayther’s Garden and the Stories Told Therein (1902) The Magic Egg and Other Stories (1907) The Lost Dryad (1911) Miscellaneous Short Stories The Short Stories List of Short Stories in Chronological Order List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order The Novels What Might Have Been Expected (1874) Rudder Grange (1879) A Jolly Fellowship (1880) The Young Master of Hyson Hall (1882) The Story of Viteau (1884) The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine (1886) The Late Mrs. Null (1886) The Dusantes (1886) The Hundredth Man (1886) The Associate Hermits (1889) The Merry Chanter (1889) Ardis Claverden (1890) The House of Martha (1891) The Squirrel Inn (1891) Pomona’s Travels (1894) The Adventures of Captain Horn (1895) Captain Chap (1896) Mrs. Cliff’s Yacht (1897) The Great Stone of Sardis (1898) The Girl at Cobhurst (1898) The Vizier of the Two-Horned Alexander (1899) A Bicycle of Cathay (1900) Kate Bonnet (1902) The Captain’s Toll-Gate (1903) The Non-Fiction The Home (1873) Personally Conducted (1889) Stories of New Jersey (1896) Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts (1898) The Biography A Memorial Sketch of Mr. Stockton (1904) by Marian E. Stockton
Author : Jessie Benton Frémont
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252019425
Total Pages : 664 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (194 download)
Download or read book The Letters of Jessie Benton Frémont written by Jessie Benton Frémont and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bold, talented, and ambitious, Jessie Benton Fremont was one of Victorian America's most controversial women. As the daughter of powerful Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri and the wife of John Charles Fremont - western explorer, presidential candidate, and Civil War general - she not only witnessed but struggled to influence many of the major events of her time. Despite the restrictions she faced as a woman, she managed to carve out a vital role for herself as a writer, dedicated abolitionist, and secretary and other self to her mercurial husband. She collaborated on his best-selling exploration reports, served as his behind-the-scenes political advisor and chief Civil War aide, and worked as a lobbyist for Arizona mining interests. In The Letters of Jessie Benton Fremont, Pamela Herr and Mary Lee Spence create a compelling portrait of this remarkable woman. They supplement their collection of 271 fully annotated letters, selected from 800 they uncovered, with an elegant introduction and seven authoritative chapter essays that elucidate the significant periods of her life. The correspondents range from intimate friends like Elizabeth Blair Lee to public figures like Horace Greeley, Abraham Lincoln, Dorothea Dix, John Greenleaf Whittier, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, William T. Sherman, and Theodore Roosevelt. Readers interested in women's studies, the westward movement, the Civil War, and the Gilded Age will find a rich source in The Letters of Jessie Benton Fremont.
Author : Thomas Truxtun Moebs
Publisher : Department of the Navy
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Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)
Download or read book America's Naval Heritage written by Thomas Truxtun Moebs and published by Department of the Navy. This book was released on 2000 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Preface--Established in 1800 with a small collection of books that served the Secretary of the Navy, the [Navy Department Library] holds the most comprehensive collection of U.S. navy literature. For the past two hundred years, it has collected the books, documents, journals, and manuscripts the record the Navy's achievement in combat, international diplomacy, exploration, technological development, medicine, education, and social reform. This literature described in the catalog chronicles the more significant events, customs and traditions, organizations, and personalities in navel history, providing insight into the origins and development of Navy doctrine.
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Total Pages : 464 pages
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Download or read book Off to War written by William Page Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive look at Virginia participation in the Mexican War consisting of a history, muster rolls, and biographical information on each participant. J0767HB - $35.00
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Author : Spencer C. Tucker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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Total Pages : 3088 pages
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Download or read book The Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War [3 volumes] written by Spencer C. Tucker and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-10-09 with total page 3088 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This user-friendly encyclopedia comprises a wide array of accessible yet detailed entries that address the military, social, political, cultural, and economic aspects of the Mexican-American War. The Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War: A Political, Social, and Military History provides an in-depth examination of not only the military conflict itself, but also the impact of the war on both nations; and how this conflict was the first waged by Americans on foreign soil and served to establish critical U.S. military, political, and foreign policy precedents. The entries analyze the Mexican-American War from both the American and Mexican perspectives, in equal measure. In addition to discussing the various campaigns, battles, weapons systems, and other aspects of military history, the three-volume work also contextualizes the conflict within its social, cultural, political, and economic milieu, and places the Mexican-American War into its proper historical and historiographical contexts by covering the eras both before and after the war. This information is particularly critical for students of American history because the conflict fomented sectional conflict in the United States, which resulted in the U.S. Civil War.
Author : Thomas Williams
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 9781477284889
Total Pages : 722 pages
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Download or read book American Honor written by Thomas Williams and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-11-09 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Admiral Charles Stewarts had eleven sea commands during his sixty-three years as an officer in the United States Navy serving fifteen Presidents. Admiral Charles Stewart commanded and sailed most every type of war vessel from sloops to ship-of-the-line war vessels in the nineteenth century. His skills on the seas were demonstrated in his success in many major combat actions with enemy war vessels. Charles Stewart was a statesmen, diplomat, teacher, scholar, and perhaps most important, a man of truth and honor. Charles was the first officer in the United States Navy to bear the title Admiral. Admiral Charles Stewart fought in the Barbary wars, the War of 1812, the final battle with the Muslim pirates in 1815, as commander-in-chief in the defense of the Pacific (1821) in the breakup of the Spanish held colonies, and the protection of trade in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. He married Delia Tudor in 1813 and they had a son and daughter. The marriage did not last. Stewarts true love was Margaret Smith and they had a son. There was talk about running Charles Stewart for President of the United States beginning in 1840. Admiral Charles Stewart served as a pallbearer on the funeral train of President Lincoln in 1862. United States Navy destroyers and destroyer escorts named after Senior Commodore Charles Stewart. Destroyers were named after distinguished USN/USMC officers and enlisted men such as Charles Stewart. (DD, (Destroyers)-216, DD-291, and DE, (Destroyer Escort)-DE-238 and DE-224 carried Stewarts name.
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Publisher : Hugh Lauter Levin Associates
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Download or read book U.S. Navy written by M. Hill Goodspeed and published by Hugh Lauter Levin Associates. This book was released on 2003 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on the official Navy chronologies, this book presents a year-by-year summary of significant naval activities from 1775 to the present. Key historical entries, along with significant operations, technological advances, and narratives of the women and men instrumental in shaping the organisation, are written by leading experts in each subject. With a distinctive battleship cover and 1000 photographs, this authoritative and encyclopaedic account of the U S Navy is an important addition to any military history collection.
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