Bruce A Castleman

Gebundenes Buch

Knickerbocker Commodore

The Life and Times of John Drake Sloat, 1781-1867

Beschreibung

Explores the life and times of John Drake Sloat, the US Navy Pacific Squadron commander who occupied Monterey and declared the annexation of California at the beginning of the war with Mexico.

Autor

Bruce A. Castleman served in the US Navy for twenty-four years and held the rank of Commander at the time of his retirement. He then trained as a historian and lectured in history at San Diego State University. He is the author of Building the King's Highway: Labor, Society, and Family on Mexico's Caminos Reales, 1757-1804.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: State University of New York Press
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 163mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9781438461519
• ISBN-10: 1438461518
• Artikelnr.: 44891358