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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 10
Description
This is the little-known story of how a newly independent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when America's third president decided to stand up to intimidation. When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America faced a crisis. The new nation was deeply in debt and needed its economy to grow quickly, but its merchant ships were under attack. Pirates from North Africa's Barbary coast routinely captured American sailors...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2005
Description
On October 21, 1805, as Britain's Royal Navy under the command of Horatio Nelson clashed with Napoleon's forces in an epic sea battle off the coast of Spain, the fate of Europe hung in the balance. Though the cost was high--and Nelson himself was killed--the British victory prevented Napoleon from invading Britain and paved the way for the eventual defeat of the French emperor. Without Trafalgar there would have been no Waterloo. The Battle of Trafalgar...
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Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1963
Description
Tells the events of Nelson's career from the time when as a 12-year-old he began serving on the warship Raisonable under his captain-uncle to the day when Nelson's body was returned to a triumphant but mourning Britain. Presents the dedicated character of Britain's great admiral who saved his land from invasion and turned the tide against Napoleon.
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Series
A Charles Hayden novel volume 4
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"Charles Hayden returns in the thrilling new naval adventure from bestselling author S. Thomas Russell, today's 'Patrick O'Brian for a new generation' (Kirkus Reviews). Master and Commander Charles Hayden has received fresh orders that take him and the HMS Themis to the Caribbean, with instructions to meddle with French shipping to the colonies. While en route, they rescue two Spanish castaways who beg for help fleeing from a vengeful family situation--Hayden...
6) The Armada
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1959
Description
Describes the English defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 in the framework of European history. Also covers diplomacy, strategy, and politics.
Publisher
Timeless Media Group
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
"After the devastating losses to America's Pacific Fleet in the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Imperial Navy ruled supreme in the vast Pacific Ocean. In time, the Pacific Fleet was able to rebuild to take on the Japanese. Much of the publicity went to the aircraft carriers and the Naval Aviators who flew from their decks. Yet, as important as the carriers were, the most significant naval warships in actually prosecuting the war toiled...
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