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Sailing the Graveyard Sea: The Deathly Voyage of the Somers, the U.S. Navy's Only Mutiny, and the Trial That Gripped the Nation
By Snow, Richard
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- 9781797165820
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- S. & S. Audio
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Reviewed on March 1, 2024 | Audio In Depth
Historian and former editor of American Heritage Magazine Snow (Disney's Land) grapples with a scandalous event in the history of the U.S. Navy known as the Somers Affair. During an 1842 training voyage, Captain Alexander Slidell Mackenzie of the USS Somers detained several crew members on the charge of attempted mutiny and hanged the three he considered the ringleaders, despite being nearly back on U.S. soil. Largely...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
