Title: "Old Bruin": Commodore Matthew C. Perry, 1794-1858 ;
Authors: Morison, Samuel Eliot,
Date: 1967
Publisher: Little, Brown,
Physical description: xxii, 482 p. : illus., maps, ports. ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC class: E
Abstract: This is the story of a United States naval officer, whose nickname 'Old Bruin' - a tribute of his sailors to a voice whose roar carried through any gale- gives little hint of his extraordinary qualities. In Perry's person were combined the strategical savvy, scientific interest, and diplomatic finesse. Highlights of his career include: Promoting the founding of Liberia; fighting in the war of 1812; fighting pirates in the West Indies; and "opening Japan" without firing one hostile shot. He also worked incessantly for the health and welfare of sailors, for naval education and widespread naval improvements in general.
Contents: The peaceful Perrys, 1939-1775 -- Captain Christopher, the first fighting Perry, 1777-1795 -- Christopher, Oliver, and the General Greene, 1795-1801 -- Preliminaries to the War of 1812, 1809-1812 -- The second war with Great Britain, 1812-1815 -- Family affairs and first Mediterranean cruise, 1814-1819 -- Founding Liberia, 1817-1823 -- 'Old Bruin' hunts pirates in the West Indies, 1822-1823 -- First Lieutenant of North Carolina, 1824-1828 -- Commanding U.S.S. Concord, 1830-1832 -- Navy Reformer, 1833-1842 -- The Somers Mutiny, 1842-1843 -- Commodore of the Africa Squadron, 1843-1845 -- Mexican War opens, 1845-1846 -- VIce Commodore Perry, 1846-1847 -- Commodore Perry of the Gulf Squadron, 1847-1848 -- Second Tabasco, Yellow Fever, and guerrillas, 1847-1848 -- Yucatan complexities, 1847-1848 -- Four years' shore duty, 1848-1852 -- Isolated Japan, 1600-1851 -- Organizing the Japan expedition, 1851-1852 -- Bound away, November 1852-May 1853 -- Loo Choo and Bonins, May-July 1853 -- First visit to Japan, 8-17 July 1853 -- China interlude, July 1853-February 1854 -- Negotiating the treaty, February-March 1854 -- Ports and islands, 18 April- 11 September 1854 -- Conclusion of the Japan expedition, 1854-1855 -- Home port, 1854-1858 -- Epilogue -- Appendix: The Perry family.
Notes: "An Atlantic Monthly Press book."