Knickerbocker commodore : the life and times of John Drake Sloat, 1781-1867 / Bruce A. Castleman.
Material type: TextSeries: Excelsior editionsPublisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781438461533
- 1438461534
- Sloat, John D. (John Drake)
- United States. Navy -- Officers -- Biography
- Sloat, John D. (John Drake)
- United States. Navy
- Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Biography
- Ship captains -- United States -- Biography
- Monterrey, Battle of, Monterrey, Mexico, 1846
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General
- Armed Forces -- Officers
- Ship captains
- Mexico -- Monterrey
- United States
- Battle of Monterrey (Monterrey, Mexico : 1846)
- Mexican War (1846-1848)
- 1846-1848
- 973.6/2092 23
- E403.1.S6 C37 2016eb
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.
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