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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
The mass market edition of the New York Times Bestseller. This is the little-known story of how a newly independent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when America's third president decided to stand up to intimidation. When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America was deeply in debt and needed its economy to grow quickly, but its merchant ships were under attack. Pirates from North Africa routinely captured American...
Publisher
A and E
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Loyalty: Peacetime (1807) Hornblower forced to make a living at the gaming tables and caught up in a budding romance with his landlady's daughter, Maria. Hornblower goes on a reconnaissance mission that uncovers French perfidy, leading to renewed war. Complications arise when he is betrayed and temporarily imprisoned. Hornblower and Maria get married.
Duty: Admiral Pellew's sends Hornblower off in search of his old mate Bracegirdle, whose sloop Grasshopper...
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
He is the ultimate high-seas hero: a man of unshakable courage, unwavering principles, and extraordinary skill. Joining the Royal Navy at the outset of the bloody Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower rises quickly from raw recruit to seasoned sailor, and his exploits become the stuff of legend. Includes the following titles: The Duel (1998); and The Fire Ships (1998).
Publisher
A and E Home Video
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
He is the ultimate high-seas hero: a man of unshakable courage, unwavering principles, and extraordinary skill. Joining the Royal Navy at the outset of the bloody Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower rises quickly from raw recruit to seasoned sailor, and his exploits become the stuff of legend. Collection includes The Dutchess and the Devil and The Wrong War.
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Following his rapid rise through the ranks of the King's Navy, Hornblower is assigned to the HMS Renown which is sailing to the West Indies to subdue a pirate fleet. Her brutal captain is rapidly going insane forcing Hornblower to take action that threatens not only his naval career but his life as well.
Author
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Silver State Dreadnought is the story of a ship and the men who sailed in her. It covers the ship's life from its construction in 1912 to its sinking in 1948. It covers its activity In World War I, during which it was based in Queenstown, Ireland as protection for American convoys bringing troops to Europe. The book also looks at the naval reduction treaties of the 1920s and the ship's reconstruction in 1928 with the latest in naval technology."--Provided...
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group
Pub. Date
1999, c1998
Language
English
Description
Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars, the story of Horatio Hornblower, the legendary sea-faring hero, follows the raw recruit as he battles the French, evades capture, and rises through the ranks of the King's Navy.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
During the Napoleonic Wars, a British frigate, the HMS Surprise, and the larger French warship, Acheron, stalk each other off of the coast of South America. Lucky Jack, as he is referred to by his crew, is well regarded by his men, who trust him implicitly, even after the first devastating battle and an apparent personal vendetta against the French captain. The ship's surgeon balances the violence of his chosen life with the quiet demeanor of the...
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