Castleman Knickerbocker Commodore

The Life and Times of John Drake Sloat, 1781-1867
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4384-6153-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 340 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Excelsior Editions

Explores the life and times of John Drake Sloat, the US Navy Pacific Squadron commander who occupied Monterey and declared the annexation of California at the beginning of the war with Mexico.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Castleman, Bruce A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Preface

1. Indecision at Monterey?

2. Upstate Knickerbocker

3. Mr. Midshipman Sloat

4. Schooner Skipper

5. Sailing Master

6. Blockaded Lieutenant

7. The First Luff

8. Pirates in the Caribbean

9. New York Interlude

10. South American Cruise

11. Beached in New York

12. Portsmouth Commandant

13. Mexican California

14. Squadron Command

15. Norfolk and Retirement

Conclusions
Appendix A. General Order to Men Landing at Monterey
Appendix B. Proclamation of the Annexation of California to the United States

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Bruce A. Castleman served in the US Navy for twenty-four years and held the rank of Commander at the time of his retirement. He then trained as a historian and lectured in history at San Diego State University. He is the author of Building the King's Highway: Labor, Society, and Family on Mexico's Caminos Reales, 1757–1804.