The Perfect Wreck - Old Ironsides and HMS Java by Steven Maffeo

The Perfect Wreck - Old Ironsides and HMS Java by Steven Maffeo

December 29, 1812 - The date of one of the most dramatic sea battles in naval history. HMS Java and the US Constitution (the famous Old Ironsides) face off in the War of 1812's most spectacular blue-water frigate action. Their separate stories begin in August 1812-one in England and the other in New England. Then, the tension and suspense rise, week-by-week, as the ships cruise the Atlantic, slowly and inevitably coming together for the final life-and-death climax. The Perfect Wreck is not only the first full-length book ever written about the battle between the US Constitution and HMS Java, it is a gem of Creative Nonfiction. It has the exhaustive research of a scholarly history book; but it is beautifully presented in the form of a novel. A highly recommended must-read for every naval enthusiast-indeed, for every American - Stephen Coonts - NY Times best-selling author

Steven E. Maffeo is currently Associate Director of the U.S. Air Force Academy Library in Colorado; the Director of the part-time Postgraduate Intelligence Program at the U.S. National Defense Intelligence College (NDIC); and with the rank of Captain, the Commanding Officer of Navy Reserve Unit NDIC 0966. He is also visiting history instructor for the Age of Nelson-era frigrate USS Constitution in Boston MA, as well as the author of Most Secret and Confidential: Intelligence in the Age of Nelson.

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ISBN 13	9781611791518
ISBN 10	1611791510
Titel	The Perfect Wreck - Old Ironsides and HMS Java
Autor	Steven Maffeo
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Fireship Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2011-05-23
Seitenanzahl	382
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
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