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Knickerbocker commodore :

Castleman, Bruce A.,

Knickerbocker commodore : the life and times of John Drake Sloat, 1781-1867 / Bruce A. Castleman. - 1 online resource - Excelsior editions .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Indecision at Monterey -- Upstate knickerbocker -- Mr. Midshipman Sloat -- Schooner skipper -- Sailing master -- Blockaded lieutenant -- The first luff -- Pirates in the Caribbean -- New York interlude -- South American cruise -- Beached in New York -- Portsmouth commandant -- Mexican California -- Squadron command -- Norfolk and retirement.

ISBN: 9781438461533 1438461534

Subjects--Personal Names:
Sloat, John D.
Sloat, John D.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Navy --Officers--Biography.
United States. Navy.

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1846-1848

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mexican War, 1846-1848--Biography.
Ship captains--United States--Biography.
Monterrey, Battle of, Monterrey, Mexico, 1846.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical.
HISTORY--State & Local--General.--United States
Armed Forces--Officers.
Ship captains.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Mexico--Monterrey.
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.

LC Class. No.: E403.1.S6 / C37 2016eb

Dewey Class. No.: 973.6/2092