An Admiral for America: Sir Peter Warren, Vice Admiral of the Red, 1703-1752
Author:   Julian Gwyn ,  Gene A. Smith
Publisher:   University Press of Florida
ISBN:  

9780813027098


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   19 April 2004
Format:   Hardback
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An Admiral for America: Sir Peter Warren, Vice Admiral of the Red, 1703-1752


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Author:   Julian Gwyn ,  Gene A. Smith
Publisher:   University Press of Florida
Imprint:   University Press of Florida
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780813027098


ISBN 10:   0813027098
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   19 April 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

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From the foreword: A skillful analysis of the character and ambitions of a man of wide vision who seized the opportunities that luck frequently put in his way....Gwyn's biography aplly describes a quintessential mid-18th-century British naval hero who used his fame, position, and connections to emerge as one of the wealthiest and most powerful members of the British Navy.


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Julian Gwyn, emeritus professor of history at the University of Ottawa, Canada, is the author of The Enterprising Admiral: The Personal Fortune of Admiral Sir Peter Warren. His most recent book, Excessive Expectations: Maritime Commerce and the Economic Development of Nova Scotia, 1740 1870, received the Canadian Historical Association's 1999 Clio Award.

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