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"Mad Jack" The Biography of Captain John Percival, USN, 1779-1862
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By David F. Long
ISBN: 0-313-28567-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-28567-7
288 pages, maps, photographs
Greenwood Press
Publication: 3/30/1993
List Price: $126.95 (UK Sterling Price: £70.00)
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Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Contributions in Military Studies
Series Number: 136
Awards:
  • John Lyman Book Award in American Naval Biography
Reviews:
  • A detailed, informative, and entertaining study of one of America's most colorful seafarers--and of 19th century naval operations and culture. An excellent contribution to the ``life and times'' genre.
    —
    Sea Power
  • Thorough research, lucid analysis, and interesting narration.
    —The American Neptune
Description: A respected writer of naval history, Long is most qualified to write this first biography of "Mad Jack," an unusual and controversial figure in the early days of the U.S. Navy. Using family accounts and primary materials, Long recounts the 40-year naval career of this maverick naval officer and in doing so gives the low-down on how the Navy worked in its nascent years. Anyone interested in eighteenth and nineteenth century military history will find this engrossing reading. This popularly written but scholarly study covers the unusual Navy captain, whose career spanned the globe. Long provides a chronological account of Captain Percival's early years; his command during the War of 1812; his administrative duties at the Boston Navy Yard; his trips to the Pacific; mutinies; an incident with missionaries in Hawaii and the subsequent trial; cruises to the Caribbean; South America; and the Mediterranean; a trek around the world in the mid-1840s; his retirement; and his final years. Extensive notes and a bibliographical essay guide the reader to other important sources for those studying the period. Numerous maps are also provided.
Table of Contents:
  • Percival's Genealogy and Early Years, 1779-1812
  • The War of 1812, 1813-1815
  • Postwar Episodes, 1816-1818: To Colombia in Macedonian, 1816; and at the Boston Navy Yard, 1816-1818
  • To the Pacific in Macedonian, 1818-1820; and Back to the Boston Navy Yard, 1820-1823
  • To the Pacific in United States and Dolphin; and the Globe Mutiny, 1824-1826
  • Dolphin's Sojourn in Hawaii; and Home in United States, 1826-1827
  • Judicial Ordeals in Boston; and Aftermath, 1827-1829
  • Cruises to the Caribbean in Porpoise; and to Lower South America in Erie; Amid Assignments at the Boston Navy Yard, 1829-1838
  • To the Mediterranean in Cyane, 1838-1840
  • Striving for and Preparing Constitution for Her Only Around the World Cruise, 1840-1844
  • Constitution's Around the World Cruise, 1844-1846: Percival as Captain and His Relations with His Officers and Men, 1844-1846 and New York City through Borneo, May 1844-April 1845
  • Constitution's Around the World Cruise, 1844-1846: Precedent--Percival and the First U.S. Armed Intervention in Vietnam, 10-26 May 1845
  • Constitution's Around the World Cruise, 1844-1846: China to Boston, June 1845-September 1846
  • Forced Retirement and Old Age, 1846-1862
  • Percival: The Naval Officer and the Man
  • Bibliographical Essay
  • Index
LC Card Number: 92-31763
LCC Class: E182
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