Prisoner Of Wallabout Bay

Author : Jane Hulse
Publisher : Fireship Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781611794144

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Prisoner of Wallabout Bay by Jane Hulse Pdf

A young woman’s daring quest to free the … Prisoner of Wallabout Bay Sarah Barrett has only two choices … She can bow to her mother’s nagging and marry a handsome young lawyer who is well-connected to the British military occupying New York. Or she can stick to her inky grind as a lowly apprentice at a newspaper where her foul-mouthed, ill-tempered boss keeps assigning her stories on ladies’ hair trends instead of the Revolutionary War intrigue she so wants to cover. Sarah’s relentless digging uncovers a story that nobody wants to even talk about, no less print. The British have set up decaying prison ships in the waters off New York. Risking everything, Sarah fights to expose rampant cruelty and wretched conditions, and in the process just happens to find love. “The novel plunges the reader into a series of perilous adventures, at the same time opening our eyes to a little-known war crime that still haunts our history.” —Ellen Pall, author of Must Read Well and Among the Ginzburgs "Prisoner of Wallabout Bay shows that it is possible to tell an engrossing story without sacrificing historical reality.” —Denver Brunsman, Chairman of the History Department at George Washington University and author The Evil Necessity: British Naval Impressment in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World

Author : Robert P. Watson
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780306825538

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The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn by Robert P. Watson Pdf

The most horrific struggle of the American Revolution occurred just 100 yards off New York, where more men died aboard a rotting prison ship than were lost to combat during the entirety of the war. Moored off the coast of Brooklyn until the end of the war, the derelict ship, the HMS Jersey, was a living hell for thousands of Americans either captured by the British or accused of disloyalty. Crammed below deck--a shocking one thousand at a time--without light or fresh air, the prisoners were scarcely fed food and water. Disease ran rampant and human waste fouled the air as prisoners suffered mightily at the hands of brutal British and Hessian guards. Throughout the colonies, the mere mention of the ship sparked fear and loathing of British troops. It also sparked a backlash of outrage as newspapers everywhere described the horrors onboard the ghostly ship. This shocking event, much like the better-known Boston Massacre before it, ended up rallying public support for the war. Revealing for the first time hundreds of accounts culled from old newspapers, diaries, and military reports, award-winning historian Robert P. Watson follows the lives and ordeals of the ship's few survivors to tell the astonishing story of the cursed ship that killed thousands of Americans and yet helped secure victory in the fight for independence.

Author : Larry Lowenthal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : WISC:89100780071

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Hell on the East River by Larry Lowenthal Pdf

"Far fewer people have heard of Wallabout Bay on the Brooklyn shore of the East River or know the terrible story of American sailors who were imprisoned there on wretched hulks like the Jersey. ... Hell on the East River uses the prisoners' own accounts to describe the agony of imprisonment, analyzes the number of deaths, examines the reasons for the tragedy, and describes the 100-year struggle to erect the present Prison Ship.

Author : Thomas Dring
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Prisoners of war
ISBN : NYPL:33433068171218

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Recollections of the Jersey Prison-ship by Thomas Dring Pdf

Author : Edwin G. Burrows
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2008-11-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786727049

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Forgotten Patriots by Edwin G. Burrows Pdf

Between 1775 and 1783, some 200,000 Americans took up arms against the British Crown. Just over 6,800 of those men died in battle. About 25,000 became prisoners of war, most of them confined in New York City under conditions so atrocious that they perished by the thousands. Evidence suggests that at least 17,500 Americans may have died in these prisons—more than twice the number to die on the battlefield. It was in New York, not Boston or Philadelphia, where most Americans gave their lives for the cause of independence. New York City became the jailhouse of the American Revolution because it was the principal base of the Crown's military operations. Beginning with the bumper crop of American captives taken during the 1776 invasion of New York, captured Americans were stuffed into a hastily assembled collection of public buildings, sugar houses, and prison ships. The prisoners were shockingly overcrowded and chronically underfed—those who escaped alive told of comrades so hungry they ate their own clothes and shoes. Despite the extraordinary number of lives lost, Forgotten Patriots is the first-ever account of what took place in these hell-holes. The result is a unique perspective on the Revolutionary War as well as a sobering commentary on how Americans have remembered our struggle for independence—and how much we have forgotten.

Author : George Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1855
Category : East River (N.Y.)
ISBN : UCAL:$B60619

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Martyrs to the Revolution in the British Prison-ships in the Wallabout Bay by George Taylor Pdf

Robert Englund, the award-winning actor best known for his role as Freddy Krueger, tells his story in this captivating new memoir, published on the 25th anniversary of the first A Nightmare on Elm Street film. Englund is no monster, but a funny, charming Hollywood veteran. Packed with Robert's hilarious stories, playful self-deprecation, and a generous helping of Nightmare trivia, Hollywood Monster offers an unparalleled look at the beloved film icon. Of course, fame and fortune came years after the young actor shared a trailer with Henry Fonda, was punched in the face by Richard Gere, took down Burt Reynolds, and muscled his way between Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sally Field, and Jeff Bridges. With insider savvy and gallows humor, Robert recounts his audition for Wes Craven, the inspiration for Freddy's character, the grueling makeup sessions, his soon-to-be-famous costars, the on-set blunders, and the wave of popularity that propelled this California surfer kid all the way to the top.--From publisher description.

Author : Kathy Warnes
Publisher : Kathy Warnes
Page : 515 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-16
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Solo Soldier's Stories by Kathy Warnes Pdf

Stories of individual soldiers throughout history.

Author : Danske Dandridge
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547169598

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American Prisoners of the Revolution by Danske Dandridge Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "American Prisoners of the Revolution" by Danske Dandridge. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Danske Dandridge
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 786 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783387311334

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American Prisoners of the Revolution by Danske Dandridge Pdf

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Author : Thomas Dring
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Prison hulks
ISBN : WISC:89058656992

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Recollections of the Jersey Prison-ship by Thomas Dring Pdf

Author : D. E. Stockman
Publisher : Fireship Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781611794298

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On Waves of Glory by D. E. Stockman Pdf

Young naval cadet Guy must make a choice … please his love, Marie, or his father … On Waves of Glory places the reader beside Count Guy de Kersaint, one of France’s greatest ship commanders during the mid-1700s, as he pursues a courtship for Marie on shore and learns the mariner’s lore at sea. Clashing in sea battles, surviving Chickasaw raids, and rescuing Barbary Coast slaves portray just a few of the dramatic exploits in his adventurous life. Guy strives for elusive fame and an unrequited love…which will destiny grant? “On Waves of Glory is a refreshing story told from the French perspective, it’s sure to please fans of the sea and action.” –Anthony Palmiotti, author of First Voyage, Death Beneath the Waves, The Hell Run, and Flight to Freedom.

Author : John Warner Barber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : New York (State)
ISBN : NYPL:33433062496439

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Historical Collections of the State of New York by John Warner Barber Pdf

Author : Alexander Mikaberidze
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9798216052241

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Behind Barbed Wire by Alexander Mikaberidze Pdf

An indispensable reference on concentration camps, death camps, prisoner-of-war camps, and military prisons offering broad historical coverage as well as detailed analysis of the nature of captivity in modern conflict. This comprehensive reference work examines internment, forced labor, and extermination during times of war and genocide, with a focus on the 20th and 21st centuries and particular attention paid to World War II and recent conflicts in the Middle East. It explores internment as it has been used as a weapon and led to crimes against humanity and is ideal for students of global studies, history, and political science as well as politically and socially aware general readers. In addition to entries on such notorious camps as Abu Ghraib, Andersonville, Auschwitz, and the Hanoi Hilton, the encyclopedia includes profiles of key perpetrators of camp and prison atrocities and more than a dozen curated and contextualized primary source documents that further illuminate the subject. Primary sources include United Nations documents outlining the treatment of prisoners of war, government reports of infamous camp and prison atrocities, and oral histories from survivors of these notorious facilities.

Author : Michele Lise Tarter,Richard Bell
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780820341200

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Buried Lives by Michele Lise Tarter,Richard Bell Pdf

Buried Lives offers the first critical examination of the experience of imprisonment in early America. These interdisciplinary essays investigate several carceral institutions to show how confinement shaped identity, politics, and the social imaginary both in the colonies and in the new nation. The historians and literary scholars included in this volume offer a complement and corrective to conventional understandings of incarceration that privilege the intentions of those in power over the experiences of prisoners. Considering such varied settings as jails, penitentiaries, almshouses, workhouses, floating prison ships, and plantations, the contributors reconstruct the struggles of people imprisoned in locations from Antigua to Boston. The essays draw upon a rich array of archival sources from the seventeenth century to the eve of the Civil War, including warden logs, petitions, execution sermons, physicians' clinical notes, private letters, newspaper articles, runaway slave advertisements, and legal documents. Through the voices, bodies, and texts of the incarcerated, Buried Lives reveals the largely ignored experiences of inmates who contested their subjection to regimes of power.

Author : David M Rosen
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813563725

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Child Soldiers in the Western Imagination by David M Rosen Pdf

When we hear the term “child soldiers,” most Americans imagine innocent victims roped into bloody conflicts in distant war-torn lands like Sudan and Sierra Leone. Yet our own history is filled with examples of children involved in warfare—from adolescent prisoner of war Andrew Jackson to Civil War drummer boys—who were once viewed as symbols of national pride rather than signs of human degradation. In this daring new study, anthropologist David M. Rosen investigates why our cultural perception of the child soldier has changed so radically over the past two centuries. Child Soldiers in the Western Imagination reveals how Western conceptions of childhood as a uniquely vulnerable and innocent state are a relatively recent invention. Furthermore, Rosen offers an illuminating history of how human rights organizations drew upon these sentiments to create the very term “child soldier,” which they presented as the embodiment of war’s human cost. Filled with shocking historical accounts and facts—and revealing the reasons why one cannot spell “infantry” without “infant”—Child Soldiers in the Western Imagination seeks to shake us out of our pervasive historical amnesia. It challenges us to stop looking at child soldiers through a biased set of idealized assumptions about childhood, so that we can better address the realities of adolescents and pre-adolescents in combat. Presenting informative facts while examining fictional representations of the child soldier in popular culture, this book is both eye-opening and thought-provoking.