Bibliograph

For love of country, William C. Hammond

Type

Label

For love of country, William C. Hammond

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

For love of country

Oclc number

1342526603

Responsibility statement

William C. Hammond

Series statement

Cutler Family chronicles, 2

Summary

Set in the years following the American Revolution, it offers an exciting look at the young republic at a time when America remained a weak nation with no Navy to protect its prosperous merchant fleet from Barbary pirates or nations intent on crippling its shipping. The novel opens with the capture of the Cutler merchant brig Eagle by Barbary pirates. Young Caleb Cutler and his shipmates are taken as prisoners to Algiers, and his brother Richard, the novel's main protagonist, is sent to North Africa to pay ransoms demanded by the Dey of Algiers. But Richard learns of the Dey's intent to reject the ransom, as well as threats from the British and French, and fights a fierce battle in the Mediterranean with two Arab xebecs. Victorious at sea, Richard travels to Paris to report to John Paul Jones, his former naval commander who now serves as American emissary to the Barbary States

Target audience

adult

Classification