The Greater the Honor - Hardcover

White, William H.

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ISBN 10: 1888671440 ISBN 13: 9781888671445

Publisher: Tiller Publishing, 2003

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The year is 1803, and young Oliver Baldwin arrives in Boston to take his berth aboard the newly launched United States brig Argus commanded by Stephen Decatur. Argus is bound for the Mediterranean to join Commodore Preble's squadron to protect our trade against the "Barbary Pirates," the North African Corsairs who made their livelihood preying upon merchant vessels sailing in the western Mediterranean.

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2003 is the 200th anniversary of the war with the Barbary Pirates. This novel brings that era to life and brings us an great picture and understanding of life in that era.

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This is a rollicking sea story of the American naval officers who proudly called themselves "Preble's Boys." They took their ships to a distant station to defend the new Republic. They cowed the Tripolitans and impressed the British. Finally, Stephen Decatur and the rest of Preble's Boys got their due. Their adventures and courageous acts challenge Jack Aubrey and Horatio Hornblower and they are all the more impressive because their story is true. White's skill as a novelist and his passion for historical accuracy put him on a course with Patrick O'Brian.

William Fowler, Ph.D., Director
Massachusetts Historical Society

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