ROBERT P. WATSON


The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn An Untold Story of the American Revolution


The surprising story of the most infamous prison ship of the American Revolution, the HMS Jersey, and its role in the fight for independence


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oored off the coast of brooklyn, the derelict HMS Jersey was a living hell for thousands of Americans either


captured by the British or accused of disloyalty. Crammed below deck without light or fresh air, the disease-ridden prisoners were scarcely given food and water. More Americans died in its ghastly hold than on all the war’s battle- fields. Throughout the colonies, the mere mention of the ship sparked a fear and loathing of British troops that, paradoxically, helped rally public support for the war. Utilizing hundreds of accounts culled from old


newspapers, diaries, and military reports, award- winning historian Robert Watson follows the lives and ordeals of the few survivors to tell the aston- ishing story of the cursed ship that played a crucial part in the war against Britain.


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ROBERT P. WATSON, professor of history at Lynn University, has published over three dozen nonfiction books, two encyclopedia sets, and hundreds of schol- arly journal articles. He lives in Boca Raton, Florida.


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