Jones presents th e story in great detailbattles within the highest realms of the British government, enormous public rallies, behind-the-scenes maneuvers against interests convinced that reform would bring economic ruin. Thro ugho ut the saga the author emphasizes the humanity of a man who wo uld not rest, a m an who could write: "I have been made an agitator by the simple fact that when the storms of winter were blowing, I knew that men were being wrecked and dying. I determined, deep down in my heart, that I would give myself no rest, but that, quiet and timid as I am, I would go the length and breadth of the land and wo uld speak wherever the people would listen and say, 'Will you have them drowned-good, brave men- drowned, by the dozen and the score, to make a few scoundrels rich?' We'll have no more of this; we'll stop it; we'll see that our men , when they go to sea, shall have a tight ship, sound gear to their hands, the ship properly loaded and properly manned, and if that is done they will do the rest for we have no gale in these latitudes that would destroy such a ship." CAPT. J ONATHAN BACO N SMITH
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SHIP'S LOG DEClASSIFIED, THE TRUE JOURNEY CAN NOW BE TOLD. his colorful memoir of a young officer's journey half way arou nd the globe aboard a fighting Coast Guard man-o-war during WWII, includes the USS BISBEE as guide ship at the entrance to Leyte Gulf. Illustrated with archival photographs.watercolors and sketches this book is a "must have" for seafarers and marine historians.
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The Wanderer: The Last American Slave Ship and the Consp iracy That Set Its Sails
Tido H oltkamp (The Flat Hammock Press, Mystic, CT, 2008, 160pp, photos, appen, ISBN 978-0-9795949-2-2; $ 19.95pb) The Barque Eagle has been used for training United States Coast Guard cadets and officer candidates since 1946. ''America's Tall Ship" has become a national symbol, proudly representing the United States of America at celebrations and events at home and across the wo rld. She is not an American-built ship, however. Launched in 1936 from a German shipyard as the Horst Wessel, she was a war prize taken fo llowing World War II. Tido Holtkamp served on board the vessel as a Kriegsmarine cadet during its fo rmer life. Now an Am erican citizen and US Army vete ran, he has brilliantly documented his fo rmer ship's history though an extensive collection of more than 250 photographs and well-written captions. This excellent book is "a must-own" for any veteran of an Eagle cruise, a scholarly contribution from a uniquely qualified person who has known The Perfect Lady in her youth and now elegant maturi ty. Lours ART H UR NORTON West Simsbury, Connecticut
by Erik Calonius (St. Martin's Griffin , New York, 2006, 298pp, map, illus, notes, biblio, ISBN 978-0-3 12-34348-4; $ 14.95pb) Erik Calonius- a former edi ro r and Lo ndon-based foreign correspondent for the Wall Street journal-once visited a sm all museum on Jekyll Island off the coast of Georgia and nearly exited without glimpsing a "ghostly image of a sailing ship." The exhibit placard identified the to psail schooner as the Wanderer: "In 1858, 50 years after the importation of slaves was prohibited by Congress, the Wanderer delivered a cargo of African slaves to the coast of Jekyll." Calonius was intrigued by the dates. Co ngress banned the impo rtation of slaves in 1807 (effective in 1808). Slavery in the US, "our peculiar institution," legally could continue, but it would do so without the benefit of new blood. So why the d isparity in dates? The story of the Wanderer is the story of Charles Lamar of Savannah. To some readers, Lamar may come off as a wily cavalier, defending "the purest fo rm of aristocracy the world has ever seen" from the economic aggression of the north . Others
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