George Gibbs
Pike & Cutlass: Hero Tales of Our Navy
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066139957
Table of Contents
DECATUR AND THE “PHILADELPHIA”
THE BIGGEST LITTLE FIGHT IN NAVAL HISTORY
THE “CONSTITUTION” AND THE “GUERRIERE”
THE “CONSTITUTION” AND THE “JAVA”
DOES SCHOLARSHIP COUNT IN WAR?
TAYLOR AND EVANS AS SCHOOL-MATES
HOW CAPTAIN EVANS SAVED HIS LEG
THE BRAVE COMMANDER OF THE “WINSLOW”
ONLY NAVAL OFFICER KILLED IN THE WAR
ROOSEVELT SAVED BAGLEY FOR THE NAVY
CLARK’S HEROISM AT THE BATTLE OF MOBILE BAY
POPULARITY OF CAPTAIN PHILIP AS A CADET
THE VERSATILITY OF ADMIRAL SAMPSON
BLUE, WHO DISCOVERED CERVERA’S FLEET
THE UNRECOGNIZED HEROES OF THE WAR
FILLING THE DUKE’S SHOES WITH MUCILAGE
SCOUTING IN THE ENEMY’S COUNTRY
WAVING GODSPEED TO THE FISHER-FOLK
IN THE EXCITEMENT OF THE FIRST CATCH
A LONELY NIGHT ON THE BROAD ATLANTIC
WHEN A STEAMER LOOMS UP IN THE FOG
THE COURAGE OF THE UNNAMED HEROES
FOR FIVE DAYS ADRIFT AND STARVING
WHEN THE SCHOONERS MOVE UP THE HARBOR
THE EFFRONTERY OF PAUL JONES
In April, 1778, there were more than two-score of French ships-of-the-line within easy sailing distance of the coast of England. They were tremendous three-decked monsters,