GUN BAY In February 1794 ten ships, nine merchants and a Royal Navy frigate, wrecked on the reef at the east end of Grand Cayman Island. They were part of a convoy of fifty-eight ships that had left Jamaica only a few days prior and were bound for North America and England. Edward Ballantyne, White's fictitious narrator from When Fortune Frowns, returns to tell the story of this disastrous event, still well-known in Cayman lore and, while the bones of the wrecked ships are no longer visible, several cannon from the Royal Navy frigate, HMS Convert can be found in the front yards of homes along...
GUN BAY In February 1794 ten ships, nine merchants and a Royal Navy frigate, wrecked on the reef at the east end of Grand Cayman Island. They were par...
When the Anne is stopped by a British Royal Navy frigate, Isaac and several shipmates are forcibly pressed into service on the Orpheus, which is actively engaged in England's long-running war with France. Written from the aspect of the fo'c'sle rather than an officer's view and through the eyes of an American, it provides new perspectives and an exciting story from an often neglected period in American history.
When the Anne is stopped by a British Royal Navy frigate, Isaac and several shipmates are forcibly pressed into service on the Orpheus, which is activ...
Isaac Biggs (from a Press of Canvas) ships as 3rd mate on the Salem Privateer General Washington in February 1813. His former shipmates and friends find berths on the US Navy frigate USS Constellation, but through a series of events, all but Isaac wind up on USS Chesapeake in Boston in time for her disastrous meeting with HMS Shannon. When the surviving crew in incarcerated in Melville Is. (Halifax) prison, Isaac and his crew of privateersmen play an important role in gaining their freedom. A combination of historical fiction and non-fiction woven seamlessly together to tell the story of the...
Isaac Biggs (from a Press of Canvas) ships as 3rd mate on the Salem Privateer General Washington in February 1813. His former shipmates and friends fi...
The year is 1814, the final year of the War of 1812. With the Atlantic Seaboard closed by the British blockade, Isaasc Biggs, Jack Clements, and Jake Tate, fresh from their harrowing adventures in Canada, find berths with Joshua Barney's gunboat Flotilla on the Chesapeake Bay. These swift, shallow-draft little vessels are a thorn in the side of the British fleet and the British command is determined to destroy them. Chased up the Patuxent River by the British, the flotilla finds an uneasy refuge in Benedict, MD, where Isaac falls heavily for the daughter of a militia colonel. Then the men of...
The year is 1814, the final year of the War of 1812. With the Atlantic Seaboard closed by the British blockade, Isaasc Biggs, Jack Clements, and Jake ...
In 1803 the rulers of the four nations of the Barbary Coast of North Africa violated treaties with many nations by capturing merchant ships, enslaving their crews, and holding the vessels for ransom. Tripoli (now Libya) was the worst offender and finally provoked the young and struggling United States to go to war. Fourteen year old Oliver Baldwin, newly assigned as a midshipman in the U.S. brig Argus, under Lt Stephen Decatur, tells the story of our fight with Tripoli as he endeavors to learn his employment and find his way on the course to manhood. As one of "Preble's Boys" he takes part in...
In 1803 the rulers of the four nations of the Barbary Coast of North Africa violated treaties with many nations by capturing merchant ships, enslaving...
Most people have at least a nodding acquaintance with the Mutiny on the Bounty, but few know the tale of England's efforts to collect the rascally mutineers and hang them WHEN FORTUNE FROWNS is the story of HMS Pandora and her crew, their efforts to find and round up the sailors and midshipmen from Bounty, and bring them back to England for a speedy trial and a well-deserved hanging. Interesting viewpoints from both the mutineers and the officers and men of Pandora tell the story, narrated by the fictitious Edward Ballantyne, 3rd lieutenant in Pandora. A rousing good sea story, crafted...
Most people have at least a nodding acquaintance with the Mutiny on the Bounty, but few know the tale of England's efforts to collect the rascally mut...
