In Hostile Waters: The Cruise of USS Argus (Oliver Baldwin Novel Book 3)
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GUN BAY tells the story, in the voice of Edward Ballantyne, of his arrival in Port Royal, Jamaica, having sailed from England following the court martial of the Bountymutineers. We learn how the formerly French frigate became HMSConvert and a unit of the Royal Navy in time to lead the convoy to its disastrous ending on Grand Cayman and the trials and tribulations of manning the ship in Port Royal.
Laced with White’s realistic language of the period, his knowledge of sailing ships, and understanding of offshore navigation, GUN BAY is an exciting and entertaining read not just for aficionados of the genre, but of any seeking a great adventure tale. And the best part is, most of it is true!
What readers have said about
GUN BAY
Mesmerizing…I couldn’t wait to turn the page then couldn’t believe it when I’d turned the last one! A brilliant tale by a master storyteller…Highly recommended!
Michael Aye
Author, The Fighting Anthonys
Once again, William White combines a historian’s passion for detail and a novelist’s flair for brilliant storytelling to flesh out an obscure event in British naval history, which occurred in 1794 off Grand Cayman Island in the Caribbean…Salt air and Stockholm tar literally waft off the pages.
George Jepson
Editor, Quarterdeck Magazine
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Photo by William H. White Jr.
Mr. White is a former United States Naval officer with combat service. He is also an avid, life-long sailor. As a maritime historian, he specializes in Age of Sail events in which the United States was a key player and lectures frequently on the impact of these events on our history. White has seven historical novels and one non-fiction history to his credit, each set in the early 19th century with a focus on the young American Navy. He has also written two books based on real events in the Royal Navy in the late 18th century, one dealing with the capture of the Bounty mutineers and one focusing on a major shipwreck on Grand Cayman, where he lives when not in New Jersey. Additional information about the author and his books can be found on his website www.seafiction.net.
Follow Mr. White on twitter @1812war.