ISBN: 9780295989556 - Warship Under Sail: The Uss Decatur in the Pacific West (emil and Kathleen Sick Book Series in Western History and Biography) (26 results)

Hardback. Condition: Good. Ordered to join the Pacific Squadron in 1854, the US Navy warship Decatur sailed from Norfolk, Virginia, through the Strait of Magellan to Valparaiso, Honolulu, and Puget Sound, then on to San Francisco, Panama, and Costa Rica, while serving in the Pacific until 1859, the eve of the Civil War. This book offers a social history of the warship.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Ordered to join the Pacific Squadron in 1854, the US Navy warship Decatur sailed from Norfolk, Virginia, through the Strait of Magellan to Valparaiso, Honolulu, and Puget Sound, then on to San Francisco, Panama, and Costa Rica, while serving in the Pacific until 1859, the eve of the Civil War. This book offers a social history of the warship.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Inscribed by author on the ffep. 4to. - over 9¾ in. - 12 in., 381pp. Good hardcover copy in Very Good dust jacket; tight binding, light shelfwear, bears a light tobacco aroma, clean interior, jacket clean with no tears. Good inscribed copy in a Very Good dust jacket. Signed & Inscribed By Author. …

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is slightly worn about the edges, but with no tears and not price clipped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear and soiling to edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. New. Pristine, unmarked. 3 maps, 56 illustrations. One of only five ships in the antebellum Pacific Squadron, the Decatur participated in numerous adventures in the Far West, enforcing treaties, fighting Indians, suppressing vigilantes, and protecting commerce. // Shipped carefully packed in a sturdy box.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Inscribed by author on the ffep. 4to. - over 9¾ in. - 12 in., 381pp. Slight shelfwear, tight binding, interior text clean. Dust jacket covers clean, light fading to jacket spine, no tears. Near Fine copy in Very Good dust jacket. Signed & Inscribed By Author. …

Hardcover. Condition: NF. Hardback in Near Fine condition with Near Fine dust jacket. . Emil And Kathleen Sick Book Series In Western History And Biography. 10.1 X 8.8 X 1.5 inches. 344 pages. Inscribed by author on title page. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Fine DJ. First edition. Signed by author on title page, fine in like jacket, 381 pages. Fabulous history of the Decatur & its 'numerous iimperial adventures in the far west. Very nice. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 1st printing. A tight, crisp copy, Fine/Fine. Inscribed by McConaghy on front flyleaf. Full cloth binding. 381pp. Dust jacket in a new mylar cover. Large book: NO international or priority orders. Size: 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall. Inscribed and Signed By Author. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 1st printing. A tight, crisp copy, Fine/Fine. Inscribed by McConaghy on front flyleaf. Full cloth binding. 381pp. Dust jacket in a new mylar cover. Large book: NO international or priority orders. Size: 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall. Inscribed and Signed By Author. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. The book is in very good condition with a few coffee stains around the text block. 0.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by the author on the front free end paper with an inscription to the previous owner. Crisp, unmarked copy. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. First Edition; First Printing. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Signed by author on title page. Squaqre quarto. B&W illustrations, maps. As new in as new DJ. Pages: xiii, 381. Signed by Author(s).

Hardback. Condition: As New. Ordered to join the Pacific Squadron in 1854, the sloop of war Decatur sailed from Norfolk, Virginia, through the Strait of Magellan to Valparaiso, Honolulu, and Puget Sound, then on to San Francisco, Panama, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, while serving in the Pacific until 1859, the eve of the Civil War. Historian Lorraine McConaghy presents the ship, its officers, and its crew in a vigorous, keenly rendered case study that illuminates the forces shaping America's antebellum navy and foreign policy in the Pacific, from Vancouver Island to Tierra del Fuego.One of only five ships in the squadron, the Decatur participated in numerous imperial adventures in the Far West, enforcing treaties, fighting Indians, suppressing vigilantes, and protecting commerce. With its graceful lines and towering white canvas sails, the ship patrolled the sandy border between ocean and land.Warship under Sail focuses on four episodes in the Decatur's Pacific Squadron mission: the harrowing journey from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean through the Strait of Magellan; a Seattle war story that contested American treaties and settlements; participation with other squadron ships on a U.S. State Department mission to Nicaragua; and more than a year spent anchored off Panama as a hospital ship. In a period of five years, more than 300 men lived aboard ship, leaving a rich record of logbooks, medical and punishment records, correspondence, personal journals, and drawings. Lorraine McConaghy has mined these records to offer a compelling social history of a warship under sail. Her research adds immeasurably to our understanding of the lives of ordinary men at sea and American expansionism in the antebellum Pacific West.…

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Condition: New. 2009. Illustrated. hardcover. . . . . .

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Condition: New. pp. xi + 381, 5 Maps.

Condition: New. pp. xi + 381 53 Illus., 5 Maps.

Gebunden. Condition: New. Ordered to join the Pacific Squadron in 1854, the US Navy warship Decatur sailed from Norfolk, Virginia, through the Strait of Magellan to Valparaiso, Honolulu, and Puget Sound, then on to San Francisco, Panama, and Costa Rica, while serving in the Pacific .