Down East Books
Pages: 218
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Trim: 6¼ x 9
978-1-60893-356-3 • Paperback • January 2015 • $16.95 • (£12.99)
George E. Buker, a retired commander in the U.S. Navy, left active duty in 1963 and went on to become a professor of history at Jacksonville University until he retired 1987. Dr. Buker is the author of numerous books on the history of Florida, including Swamp Sailors in the Second Seminole War. His articles have appeared in a variety of publications including American National Biography, American Neptune, and The Oxford Companion to American Military History.
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Bagaduce
2. Massachusett's Answer
3. Assault
4. Siege
5. Retreat and Rout
6. Homeward Bound and the Accounting
7. The Massachusetts Conspiracy
8. Paul Revere's Tribulations
9. A Court-Martial Shrouded in Mystery
Appendix: Mathematical Charts and Calculations
Bibliography
Index
...a definitive book on this significant but little-known action in American naval history.
— Sea Power
...offers tremendous insight into littoral naval operations, as well as the many difficulties raised by a divided command hierarchy.
— Nautical Research Journal
...solves a mystery that has puzzled generations of historians.
— Sea Classics
Buker is convincing...this book must be regarded as the standard treatment of the American defeat.
— Choice
The Penobscot Expedition is a wonderful book about an important event, told with gusto and a fine attention to detail...A superior piece of naval history.
— James Tertius de Kay, author of The Battle of Stonington
An original and major reinterpretation of the controversial Penobscot calamity that no student of Revolutionary War naval operations can ignore. First-rate scholarship.
— Clark G. Reynolds, College of Charleston, author of Navies in History