Books The Power & the Glory is
the third novel in William C. Hammond's nautical fiction series is set in the late 1790s during the Quasi-War with France and offers readers a thrilling look at the new American Navy during the Age of Fighting Sail. Following in the wake of his previous novels, A Matter of Honor and For Love of Country, it features the adventures of the seafaring Cutler family of
When Jan de Groot decided to
purchase Raven, a 140-foot gaff-rigged ketch, in order to provide sailing adventures for underprivileged children in British Columbia, he had no idea of the bizarre adventure that lay ahead. Built in 1920 as a sailing cargo vessel, Raven was converted to a pleasure yacht in the late 1960s. She should have been the perfect vessel for the job Jan envisaged - and might have been, were it not for the ghost that haunted her. After the ship was launched by the Danish shipyard that
Hingham, Massachusetts, and an ever-expanding cast of characters—some real, some fictional—that includes Lt. Richard Cutler along with Capt. Thomas Truxtun, Capt. Silas Talbot, and other naval heroes personifying the best of American honor and courage as they confront
French pirates off the coast of Nantucket and heavily armed French frigates in the Caribbean.
built her, the owner was crushed to death between the ship and the dock. His death began a chain of unexplainable events that caused havoc for all those who subsequently sailed her. Jan's voyage on the ghost ship began with a crew of thirty-one who set sail in the Bahamas in 1972 to bring the ship to her new home in Vancouver. Almost immediately, strange events began to rattle the crew. Regardless of their backgrounds, all were
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wi th elect r i fying sea bat t les and daring challenges to French colonial rule in Haiti and the West Indies. He also offers fascinating gl impses into everyday l ife of the era and at the center of all the excitement, passion and intrigue are the USS Constellation and her sister ship, USS Constitution. The Power & the Glory by William , published by Naval
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affected by the presence of the ghost who haunted the ship and cursed the voyage with its paranormal skullduggery. Even Raven's eventual resting place on a reef not far from Haiti has raised all kinds of questions and linked her with one of the most famous ghost ships of all time, the Mary Celeste.
Groot, $15.95
The Riddle of the Raven by Jan de , published by Sono Nis
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