Title: Captain Barney
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)
Subjects: Fiction
People: Joshua Barney (1759-1818)