Sackets Harbor powder monkey
Subtitle: the War of 1812
By: Hope Irvin Marston with Burt Phillips
Contributors: Phillips, Burt
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2012
Place of publication: [North Charleston, SC]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 107
ISBN-13: 9780984993512
Subjects: Juvenile fiction; History; Cabin boys; Social life and customs; Young adult fiction
Description: A fictionalized account of the first battle of Sackets Harbor, on July 19, 1812. Told from the point of view of Rankin McMullin, an 11-year-old powder monkey on the American warship Oneida. The unique way the battle is fought and the unusual way it ends surprises both sides. Although this is a work of fiction, the historical events portrayed and the persons named are real.
Notes: Includes annotated bibliography (pages 104-107) and glossary (p. 100-103).

Grades 5-8.