Recollections of the Jersey Prison-Ship - Taken and Prepared for Publication from the Original Manuscript of the Late Captain Thomas Dring of Providen

by Thomas Dring and Albert Gorton Greene

Book Overview

These vivid recollections of life on a prison ship during the American Revolution were written by a colonist, who, at the age of 25, was taken prisoner by the British and placed on The Jersey, a prison ship docked at what is now the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The detail of his captivity and the depravity of the conditions illustrate the horrors associated with the Revolutionary War. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1406795801
• ISBN13: 9781406795806
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Pierides Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"