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1) The ghost ship of Brooklyn: an untold story of the American Revolution

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Watson, Robert P

Pub. Date

2017.

Language

English

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Book, eBook, Kindle

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"The surprising story of the most infamous prison ship of the American Revolution, the HMS Jersey, and its role in the fight for independence."--Provided by publisher.

2) When Washington burned: the British invasion of the Capital and a nation's rise from the ashes

Author

Watson, Robert P

Pub. Date

[2023]

Language

English

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"Perhaps no other single day in US history was as threatening to the survival of the nation as August 24, 1814, when British forces captured Washington, DC. It is a unique moment in American history that might have significantly altered the nation's path forward, but the event and the reasons why it happened are little remembered by most Americans. The British conquest of Washington, DC during the War of 1812 happened because of inept American leadership,...

3) The Nazi Titanic: the incredible untold story of a doomed ship in World War II

Author

Watson, Robert P

Pub. Date

2016.

Edition

First Da Capo Press edition.

Language

English

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Built in 1927, the German ocean liner Cap Arcona was the greatest ship since the Titanic. When the Nazis seized control, she was stripped down for use as a floating barracks and troop transport. Hitler's minister, Joseph Goebbels, later cast her as a "star" in the epic propaganda film about the sinking of the legendary Titanic. In the Third Reich's final desperate days, when SS Cap Arcona was mistakenly bombed by the British Air Force, concentration...

4) The ghost ship of Brooklyn: an untold story of the Revolutionary War

Author

Watson, Robert P

Pub. Date

[2017]

Language

English

5) America's first plague: the deadly 1793 epidemic that crippled a young nation

Author

Watson, Robert P

Pub. Date

[2023]

Language

English

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"In 1793, the interim capital city of Philadelphia was struck by a mysterious malady that ended up killing at least one-tenth of the population, prompting an evacuation, and shutting down the nascent federal government, resulting in shocking parallels to recent pandemics and offering important political lessons"--