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There are fascinating and insightful tidbits within these pages that enlighten and expand our knowledge; at the same time, the information offers up possibilities for future in-depth research. The primary goal of this book is to show that men outside of Britain fought valiantly for king and country, and the editors and contributors have done a laudable job in this endeavor. -- Pirates and Privateers

"""With writers of this caliber involved, the book is an excellent and compelling read as well as being fascinating in its content.""-- ""Nautical Research Journal"" ""...these contextual essays and all that follow are vitalized by a variety of authorial voices, and are deeply-etched, owing to the authors' careful attention to the human embeddedness of specific sailors in the complexities of history.""-- ""The Nautilus: A Maritime Journal of Literature, History, and Culture"" ""There are fascinating and insightful tidbits within these pages that enlighten and expand our knowledge; at the same time, the information offers up possibilities for future in-depth research. The primary goal of this book is to show that men outside of Britain fought valiantly for king and country, and the editors and contributors have done a laudable job in this endeavor.""-- ""Pirates and Privateers"""

...these contextual essays and all that follow are vitalized by a variety of authorial voices, and are deeply-etched, owing to the authors' careful attention to the human embeddedness of specific sailors in the complexities of history. -- The Nautilus: A Maritime Journal of Literature, History, and Culture There are fascinating and insightful tidbits within these pages that enlighten and expand our knowledge; at the same time, the information offers up possibilities for future in-depth research. The primary goal of this book is to show that men outside of Britain fought valiantly for king and country, and the editors and contributors have done a laudable job in this endeavor. -- Pirates and Privateers

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Sean M. Heuvel, Ph.D. is a faculty member in the Department of Leadership and American Studies at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia. He holds a B.A., M.Ed., and Ph.D. from The College of William and Mary and an M.A. in History from the University of Richmond. A military historian by trade, Dr. Heuvel specializes in the American Revolution as well as British and American naval history during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He has authored or edited multiple books, including The Revolutionary War Memoirs of Major General William Heath. An active member of The 1805 Club and The Society of the Cincinnati, Dr. Heuvel also co-founded the Williamsburg-Yorktown American Revolution Roundtable in 2013 and now serves as a president emeritus on its executive board. Captain John A. Rodgaard, USN (Ret.) has over 41 years with the naval service of the United States, to include 12 years as a petty officer and 29 years of commissioned service as a naval intelligence officer. He is also a published author and a contributor to several Discovery Channel Unsolved History Television Programs. Captain Rodgaard co-authored A Call to The Sea: Captain Charles Stewart of The USS Constitution, and authored A Hard Fought Ship: The Story of HMS Venomous. He is the recipient of the Naval Institute’s History Author of the Year for the year 1999 and he is a contributor and frequent reviewer to the Naval Institute’s Naval History Magazine, The Society for Nautical Research Quarterly, The Mariner’s Mirror, and the Naval History Foundation’s Naval History Book Reviews. Captain Rodgaard holds a B.A. in History and Political Science; an M.A. in Political Science, and is also a graduate of the U.S. Naval War College

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