Bound for battle
By: the cruise of the United States frigate Essex in the War of 1812 as told by Captain David Porter. Edited, with introd. and epilogue, by Betty Shepard.
Contributors: Shepard, Betty, ed.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World
Published: 1967
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
Subjects: Essex (Frigate); Essex (Frigate); Voyages and travels.; Voyages and travels.; Seafaring life.
Description: An abridged edition of the author's Journal of a Cruise made to the Pacific Ocean where capture of British ships and prisoners did much to damage British shipping during the War of 1812.