Captain Barney
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Jan Westcott
Publisher: Crown
Published: 1951
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: Barney, Joshua, -- 1759-1818 -- Fiction
Description: Jan Westcott recreates the daring and vigor of Captain Joshua Barney and casts him in the light of a romantic hero.  Her story also recreates the story of Lady Douglass Harris for whom Barney risked his life.  Set in Philadelphia and Stacia, a little-known Carribean Island.  Thought to be Jan Westcott's best work. (book flap)
Notes: "Book club edition."
Table of contents: title: 3 parts