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100 1 $aBuker, George E.,$d1923-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81071816
245 14 $aThe Penobscot Expedition :$bCommodore Saltonstall and the Massachusetts Conspiracy of 1779 /$cGeorge E. Buker.
260 $aAnnapolis, Md. :$bNaval Institute Press,$c2002.
263 $a0203
300 $a204 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [189]-195) and index.
520 1 $a"Although a seminal event in early U.S. naval history, the ill-fated Penobscot Expedition of 1779 remains one of the least studied aspects of the American Revolution - and one of the most controversial. As part of the largest fleet ever assembled by the fledgling American navy, the vessels comprising the expedition were expected to swiftly defeat the British at Fort George on Maine's Penobscot Bay.
520 8 $aBut the armada lost some forty ships during the battle, suffering a defeat the magnitude of which would not be seen again until Pearl Harbor. Blame for the debacle was placed on Commo. Dudley Saltonstall, who was accused of cowardice and court-martialed.".
520 8 $a"In this book George E. Buker provides a compelling defense of Saltonstall. Bypassing historical speculation, he analyzes concrete factors that might well have caused the American defeat, namely the limitations of square-rigged ships in restricted waters, the geographic setting, and the British defensive alignment.".
520 8 $a"Thorough in his research and his arguments, Buker presents evidence that the Massachusetts Committee of Inquiry and the General Court conspired against Saltonstall and interfered with the commodore's court-martial proceedings to ensure a finding that would allow the state to assess Congress for part of the expenses. In 1793 Massachusetts did, in fact, receive $1.2 million from the federal government.
520 8 $aBuker's conclusions, which solve a mystery that has puzzled generations of historians, are certain to foster a reassessment of Saltonstall and his actions."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aPenobscot Expedition, 1779.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85099565
600 10 $aSaltonstall, Dudley,$d1738-1796.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001043809
600 10 $aRevere, Paul,$d1735-1818.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80037041
852 00 $boff,glx$hE235$i.B85 2002