The Curse of the Somers: The Secret History Behind the U.S. Navy's Most Infamous Mutiny

by James P Delgado and James P. Delgado

Book Overview

A detailed and riveting account of the U.S. Navy's greatest mutiny and its wide-ranging cultural and historical impact

The greatest controversy in the history of the U.S. Navy of the early American Republic was the revelation that the son of the Secretary of War had seemingly plotted a bloody mutiny that would have turned the U.S. brig Somers into a pirate ship. The plot discovered, he and his co-conspirators were hastily condemned...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197575226
• ISBN13: 9780197575222
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.4"