Sea of glory [America's voyage of discovery : the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842]
Item Description: |
Subtitle from container. Unabridged. Compact disc. |
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Physical Description: |
10 sound discs (72 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
ISBN: |
0736696040 : |
Author Notes: |
After moving to Nantucket in 1986, he became interested in the history of the island and wrote Away Off Shore: Nantucket Island and Its People. In 2000 he published In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. A motion picture of the book was released in December 2015. His other books include Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition; Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War; The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn; Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution; Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution, and In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown. (Bowker Author Biography) |