How Dark the Night
  • Published:
    Apr-2014 (Hardcover)
    Aug-2022 (Paperback)
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook
  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Pages:
    222
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How Dark the Night continues the seafaring adventures of the Cutler family by picking up the action where the fourth volume, A Call to Arms, ends in 1805. The years leading up to the War of 1812 were devastating ones for the young republic. The life-and-death struggle between Great Britain and France caught the United States in a web of financial and political chaos as President Jefferson and Secretary of State Madison labored to keep the unprepared United States out of the conflict without compromising the nation's honor. On the home front, Jefferson's embargo threatened the livelihood of the Cutlers and other New England shipping families as merchant ships rotted on their moorings and sailors sat on the beach, penniless. Far worse for the Cutler family is a grave illness that threatens the life of its most beloved member. As in previous books in the series, the action is brought to life by such colorful historical figures as the infamous pirate Jean Lafitte, Secretary of the Navy Robert Smith, Robert Fulton (and his prototype for a submarine), Captain Stephen Decatur, Captain Salusbury Pryce Humphreys, RN, and Commodore James Barron.
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    •  
    • Aug-2022
    • McBooks Press
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1493058118
    • ISBN13: 9781493058112
    • First Edition
    • Apr-2014
    • US Naval Institute Press
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1612514677
    • ISBN13: 9781612514673
    •  
    • Apr-2014
    • Naval Institute Press
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1612514669
    • ISBN13: 9781612514666
    •  
    • Apr-2014
    • Naval Institute Press
    • eBook (Kindle)
    •  
    • Aug-2022
    • McBooks Press
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1493064940
    • ISBN13: 9781493064946



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