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Delgado, James P.,

The curse of the Somers : the secret history behind the U.S. Navy's most infamous mutiny / James P. Delgado. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (black and white). - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

'The Curse of the Somers' retells the greatest controversy in the history of the U.S. Navy of the early American Republic, a plotted mutiny by the son of the Secretary of War. Acknowledged as the only mutiny in the Navy's history, the events on the Somers inspired countless headlines and, most famously, Hermann Melville's Billy Budd. This book vividly reconstructs the circumstances of this fascinating story, drawing from a rich historical record and from the investigation of the ship's sunken remains.

Specialized.

ISBN: 9780197575253 No price

Subjects--Personal Names:
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Billy Budd.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Navy --History.
Somers (Destroyer : DD-381)--History.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Somers Mutiny, 1842.
History.
History of the Americas.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--History--1815-1861.

LC Class. No.: E182

Dewey Class. No.: 973.5