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The decades after the War of 1812, were years of introspection for
the fledgling American republic. Having twice prevailed against the
military might of Great Britain, there was now no power on Earth
ready, willing, and able to take on the United States. As America
entered the 1840s and began expanding its dominion over North
America and opening lucrative overseas markets in Asia and
elsewhere, all that was needed to secure its place in the world was
an alliance with a like-minded nation with the naval resources to
guarantee the integrity of global trade routes and the financial
rewards accruing to both parties of such an alliance. Captain
Richard Cutler commands the new United States steam frigate
Suwannee on a mission to the South Seas.
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A collection of papers dealing with a broad range of topics in mathematical economics, game theory and economic dynamics. The contributions present both theoretical and applied research. The volume is dedicated to Mordecai Kurz. The papers were presented in a special symposium co-hosted by the Stanford University Department of Economics and by the Stanford Institute of Economic Policy Research in August 2002.
The sixth volume in the award-winning series profiling the American
perspective in the Age of Sail, No Sacrifice Too Great, chronicles
the swashbuckling adventures of the Cutler family as the United
States takes on Great Britain in the War of 1812. Richard Cutler
and his two sons, William and James, serve in the US Navy, weak in
number of ships but strong in experience and fighting spirit.
Battles in which the family participates include high seas drama
between Constitution and HMS Guerriere, fleet engagements on Lake
Erie and Lake Champlain, the siege of Baltimore, and the epic
Battle of New Orleans.
Nestled between the rolling green hills of Northamptonshire is a
patch of ancient English native and non-native woodland that has
its own story to tell. Journey through the wood and witness
snapshots of moments in time through the seasons, at different
times of day, in warm summer sunshine and winter storm, all over
the course of a calendar year. Observe the wood's beasts and birds;
both small, large, bold, and secretive. The wood's many plants and
trees are recorded, and there is something of their mostly
forgotten uses and their folklore. Along the way, the wood's
ever-changing character is captured meandering its passageways,
through its many rooms and below its changing ceiling. The wood's
rich supply of stories, new and old, are also revealed as well as
its secrets and surprises. There is magic in the wood, often
glimpsed and fleeting. And the wild too. Of the Wood captures
something of that magic and wild within the pages of its story.
Credited with vividly recreating an early chapter in American
history with his first novel, A Matter of Honor, William C. Hammond
continues the seafaring adventures of the prominent Massachusetts
family in this second novel. Set in the years following the
American Revolution, it offers an exciting look at the young
republic at a time when America remained a weak nation with no Navy
to protect its prosperous merchant fleet from Barbary pirates or
nations intent on crippling its shipping. The novel opens with the
capture of the Cutler merchant brig Eagle by Barbary pirates. Young
Caleb Cutler and his shipmates are taken as prisoners to Algiers,
and his brother Richard, the novel's main protagonist, is sent to
North Africa to pay ransoms demanded by the Dey of Algiers. But
Richard learns of the Dey's intent to reject the ransom, as well as
threats from the British and French, and fights a fierce battle in
the Mediterranean with two Arab xebecs. Victorious at sea, Richard
travels to Paris to report to John Paul Jones, his former naval
commander who now serves as American emissary to the Barbary
States. The author's careful historical research and thorough
knowledge of sailing and the ways of the sea bring an authenticity
to the novel without detracting from the entertaining storyline.
The book includes a romantic interest involving a desperate race to
save the beautiful Anne Marie Helvetian and her two daughters from
the guillotine. Hammond's focus on the American perspective of the
Age of Fighting Sail in the years following the American Revolution
adds a fresh dimension to historical novels of the period.
A Call To Arms, the fourth novel in the award-winning Cutler Family
Chronicles by William C. Hammond, features the epic saga of the
seafaring Cutler family of Hingham, Massachusetts, and an ever
expanding cast of characters, including real historical figures
Captain Edward Preble, Lieutenant Stephen Decatur, Lieutenant
Richard Somers, Samuel Coleridge, Bashaw Yusuf Qaramanli, and
Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson. Interwoven with these historical
characters is a fast-paced and gripping plot that takes the reader
from Java in the Dutch East Indies to New England at the start of
the nineteenth century, and on to Gibraltar, Tripoli, Malta,
Sicily, Alexandria, and Cairo. Set primarily in the Mediterranean
Sea during the First Barbary War (1801-1805), A Call To Arms offers
the reader intriguing and often startling insights into a young
republic's struggle to promote its principles of liberty, equality,
and free trade in a world ravaged by the Napoleonic Wars in Europe
and ruthless piracy in both the Mediterranean and Far Eastern
waters. The US Navy answers the call of an aroused nation, and the
fate of the young republic turns on the actions of a few heroic
officers, sailors, and Marines.
A collection of papers dealing with a broad range of topics in
mathematical economics, game theory and economic dynamics. The
contributions present both theoretical and applied research. The
volume is dedicated to Mordecai Kurz. The papers were presented in
a special symposium co-hosted by the Stanford University Department
of Economics and by the Stanford Institute of Economic Policy
Research in August 2002.
The Power and the Glory is the third novel in the historical,
nautical fiction series from William C. Hammond. It follows in the
wake of A Matter of Honor and For Love of Country, and features the
adventures of the seafaring Cutler family of Hingham, Massachusetts
and an ever expanding cast of characters. Set during the Quasi-War
against the French Republic during the late 1790's, The Power and
the Glory offers the reader a stirring and authentic look at the
birth of the modern United States Navy during the Age of Fighting
Sail. Whether confronting French pirates off the coast of Nantucket
or heavily armed French frigates in the Caribbean, Capt. Thomas
Truxtun, Capt. Silas Talbot, Lt. Richard Cutler and other early
naval heroes --most real, some fictional -- personify the best of
American honor and courage. Beyond electrifying sea battles and the
challenge to French colonial rule in Haiti and in the French West
Indies, The Power and the Glory provides intriguing glimpses into
everyday life of the era, be they in the bedroom of the Cutler
clapboard home in Hingham, on the island of Barbados where the
Cutlers' own a sugar cane plantation and run a far-reaching
commercial enterprise, or aboard Adm. Sir Hyde Parker's flagship in
Port Royal, Jamaica. And at the center of all the excitement,
passion and intrigue are two of the finest "super frigates" ever
constructed: USS Constellation and her sister ship, USS
Constitution. As with all books in the series, the author's careful
research and attention to detail, coupled with his thorough
knowledge of sailing and the ways of the sea, bring history alive
in a refreshing and entertaining fashio
How Dark the Night continues the seafaring adventures of the Cutler
family by picking up the action where the fourth volume, A Call to
Arms, ends in 1805. The years leading up to the War of 1812 were
devastating ones for the young republic. The life-and-death
struggle between Great Britain and France caught the United States
in a web of financial and political chaos as President Jefferson
and Secretary of State Madison labored to keep the unprepared
United States out of the conflict without compromising the nation's
honor. On the home front, Jefferson's embargo threatened the
livelihood of the Cutlers and other New England shipping families
as merchant ships rotted on their moorings and sailors sat on the
beach, penniless. Far worse for the Cutler family is a grave
illness that threatens the life of its most beloved member. As in
previous books in the series, the action is brought to life by such
colorful historical figures as the infamous pirate Jean Lafitte,
Secretary of the Navy Robert Smith, Robert Fulton (and his
prototype for a submarine), Captain Stephen Decatur, Captain
Salusbury Pryce Humphreys, RN, and Commodore James Barron.
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