Troubled water
Subtitle: race, mutiny, and bravery on the USS Kitty Hawk
By: by Gregory A. Freeman.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Kitty Hawk (Aircraft carrier); United States. -- Navy -- African Americans -- History -- 20th century; United States. -- Navy -- Biography; African American sailors -- History -- 20th century; Mutiny -- History -- 20th century; Race riots -- History -- 20th century; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Naval operations, American; Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- History, Naval -- 20th century; United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
Description: Luckett explores the background and composition of Messiah--the often stormy relations between Handel and his librettist, the colorful lives and personalities of the original soloists, and the circumstances of the first performance in Dublin, 1742. Paintings, engravings, caricatures, and fascimiles.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Seal the hatch; title: A new captain; title: A new XO; title: America at sea; title: A long, difficult journey; title: The dap fight; title: Sailing into troubled water; title: A raised fist; title: They're going to kill us all!; title: It's really happening; title: This is mutiny!; title: Captain, I am scared to death; title: He is a brother!; title: By a higher authority; title: Plain criminals; title: Epilogue.