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001 2014015892
003 DLC
005 20140724081356.0
008 140421s2014 scua 000 0 eng
010 $a 2014015892
020 $a9781626194090 (paperback)
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050 00 $aF74.W28$bC66 2014
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100 1 $aConway, J. North$q(Jack North)
245 10 $aAttack of the HMS Nimrod :$bWareham and the War of 1812 /$cJ. North Conway and Jesse Dubuc.
264 1 $aCharleston, SC :$bThe History Press,$c2014.
300 $a142 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 2 $a"The June 13, 1814 British attack of the HMS Nimrod on Wareham, Massachusetts in the War of 1812"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"On the morning of June13, 1814, the British warship HMS Nimrod attacked the town of Wareham, Massachusetts. As a center for shipbuilding and iron, Wareham was a perfect target for the British fleet. When the lead barge deceptively appeared with a white flag at its bow, Wareham never suspected anything but a truce and was ill prepared for the attack. A raiding party with six barges and two hundred men burned the town's cotton mill, destroyed its vessels and took its citizens as hostages. When Nimrod tried to flee the shores, it ran aground and had to throw its cannons and guns overboard in order to lighten its load and sail away. Wareham was left smoldering in its wake. Follow authors J. North Conway and Jesse Dubuc as they trace the attack from the initial spotting of the British fleet to the discovery of the lost Nimrod cannons"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 0 $a"In Crossing" : Commemorative Poem / by Katy Whittingham -- Introduction: The Yin And Yang of History -- The British Are Coming -- Nimrod : The Scourge of Buzzards Bay -- The Settlement of Wareham -- War Along the Coast -- Sails, Whales and Nails : Industry in Wareham -- Submission--Never -- On to Wareham -- The Attack -- The End of the Hunter -- Appendix I: Nimrod Timeline -- Appendix II: Letter from Wareham, 1814.
651 0 $aWareham (Mass.)$xHistory, Naval$y19th century.
610 20 $aNimrod (Warship)
651 0 $aMassachusetts$xHistory$yWar of 1812$xNaval operations.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yWar of 1812$xNaval operations, British.
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT).$2bisacsh
700 1 $aDubuc, Jesse.
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.booksonix.com/history-press-usa/9781626194090.jpg