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In a full and energetic life, Silas Talbot went to sea, fought in the Revolutionary War, speculated in western lands, was elected to the New York State Legislature and the U.S. Congress, and appointed second commanding officer of the USS Constitution. His bravery and energy helped create the new republic, and he was among the first new citizens to seize its gifts.

Silas Talbot, Captain of Old Ironsides brings us the full and fascinating life of a man who was soldier, sailor, Revolutionary War hero, prisoner of war, politician, businessman, country gentleman, captain in the U.S. Navy, and honored citizen of the republic he helped to create.

Vividly written and well researched by a noted historian of the period, this succinct history credits the Union Navy as an essential element in the northern victory. Neither ponderous nor hagiographic, the work presents characters and events that have been previously neglected and offers candid assessments of officers, men, and material. Originally published in 1990, when it was a Military History Book Club selection, the work is considered a ...

bTitle:/b The Spirit of the Isle, and other poems.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, al...

This is a study of one of the leading politicians of Independent Mexico, Jose Maria Tornel y Mendivil, whose loyalty to Santa Anna and whose skills as a writer led him to play a crucial role in enabling the caudillo's repeated rise to power during this period. This first biography of Tornel in English provides a new insight into the political thought of the santanistas and the ways in which Santa Anna was able to return to power time and again...

This book is a study of the political development of the many factions that surfaced in Mexico from the achievement of independence in 1821 to General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna's last government in 1853-55. Paying particular attention to the writings of the main thinkers of the period and the ways in which they inspired or were betrayed by their respective factions, this volume concentrates on the evolution of the different factions (traditi...

This collection explores how different dictators and authoritarian parties have frequently succeeded in rising to power in modern Latin America. It examines whether there are common factors that have allowed authoritarianism to play such a fundamental role in the continent's development.

The chapters in this volume provide a varied yet consistent analysis of the ways in which ideologies have been used, misused or abandoned in Latin America in the 20th century. It covers ideologies such as anarchism and neoliberalism, in Mexico, Chile, Cuba, Paraguay and Argentina.