
The Only Life That Mattered
James L. Nelson
(Author)Description
Product Details
Publisher | McBooks Press |
Publish Date | October 01, 2004 |
Pages | 414 |
Language | English |
Type | |
EAN/UPC | 9781590130605 |
Dimensions | 8.5 X 5.6 X 1.1 inches | 1.1 pounds |
About the Author
James L. Nelson is the award-winning author of more than twenty works of maritime fiction and history. His books cover the gamut from Vikings to piracy in Colonial America to naval action during the American Revolution and the Civil War. His novel Glory in the Name was the winner of the American Library Association/William Young Boyd Award for Best Military Fiction and his nonfiction George Washington's Secret Navy won the Naval Order's Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature. He has lectured all over the country and has appeared on the Discovery Channel, History Channel, and BookTV. He currently lives in Harpswell, Maine, with his former Golden Hinde shipmate and wife, Lisa.
Reviews
"Nelson's portrayal of the pirate menace and its unique seagoing society is thorough, accurate, colorful, and utterly convincing, providing a full broadside of reading entertainment." --Publishers Weekly
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