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The curse of the Somers : the secret history behind the U.S. Navy's most infamous mutiny / James P. Delgado.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (black and white).Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197575253.Subject(s): Somers Mutiny, 1842 | United States. Navy -- History
| Somers (Destroyer : DD-381) -- History | United States -- History -- 1815-1861 | Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Billy Budd | History | History of the AmericasAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197575222DDC classification: 973.5 Online resources: Oxford Academic Summary: '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.
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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.
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