Full name: Chronicles of the Frigate Macedonian: 1809-1922

Author: James Tertius de Kay Year: 1995 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads LibraryThing Amazon ISBNs: 9780393320244 0393320243

His Majesty's Frigate Macedonian was launched at Woolwich in 1810, at the height of the wars against Napoleon; its remains, refashioned as a seaside hotel, burned in the Bronx in 1922. It is barely remembered now, but in its time the Macedonian was recognized as the most important prize ever taken by the American navy--a distinction it holds to this day. The history of this one ship, recommissioned USS Macedonian after its capture from the British in the War of 1812, is an engrossing tale filled with battles, chases, near mutiny, and an engaging cast of commanders. The Macedonian played a prominent role in such major events as the liberation of Latin America, the war against the slave trade, the great Irish famine, and the American Civil War. Not just an entertaining narrative, however, the biography of this extraordinary ship is also a detailed portrait of gunboat diplomacy in the nineteenth century. Similar books: The Naval War of 1812 by Theodore Roosevelt The War of 1812 by Donald R. Hickey Amateurs, to Arms! by John R. Elting The dawn's early light by Walter Lord A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss The Help by Kathryn Stockett A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini East of Eden by John Steinbeck A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut