2001, ISBN: 9781557505224

Hardcover

Bloomington, IL: Indiana University, 1950. BRAND NEW Copy. Noted historian Oscar Osburn Winther (1903-1970) published extensively in the field of Western U.S. history. Portions of this vo… More...

Bloomington, IL: Indiana University, 1950. BRAND NEW Copy. Noted historian Oscar Osburn Winther (1903-1970) published extensively in the field of Western U.S. history. Portions of this volume were first published elsewhere. Text, with illustrations, in 4 parts, 20 chapters. Part 1. The Fur Trade: Chapter I, Primitive Old Oregon; II, A Link in the China Trade; III, The North West Company; IV, Company of Adventurers; V, "Pro Pelle Cutem"; VI, The Honorable Company's Larder; VII, Yankee Infiltration; & VIII, The Fur Country in Transition. Part 2, The Agriculture Frontier: IX, Immigrant Trails; X, Old Wagon Roads; XI, Overland Trade & Transportation on the Old West Coast; and XII, The Coming of the Paddle Wheels. Part 3, The Mineral Empire: XIII, The Pack Train Era; XIV, The Mullan Road; and XV, Long Hauls to the Hinterland. Part 4: The Monopoly Era: XVI, Steamship Monopoly; XVII, Full Steam Ahead; XVIII, Stagecoach & Express Monopolies; XIX, Stagecoach Travel; and XX, Railroad Construction.. First Edition, First Thus. Soft Cover. New/None as Issued., Indiana University, 1950, Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.: Naval Institute Press, 2001. 295 pages b/w photos - In the past one-hundred fifty years there has been only one armed mutiny aboard an American ship. This is the story of that incident which occurred on March 14, 1970. It is presented as a serious piece of journalism but told with the narrative drive of a novel, including dialogues solidly grounded in sworn testimony and buttressed by hundreds of interviews with the crew and investigators who were the first to arrive on the scene. The mutiny was carried out by two young crew members of an American tramp steamer transporting napalm to Thailand for the war in Vietnam. After casting most of the crew into the Gulf of Thailand in lifeboats, the mutineers--fireman Clyde McKay and bedroom steward Alvin Glatkowski--made their way to Cambodia, where after a tense impasse with the U.S. military, the Columbia Eagle was turned over to Prince Sihanouk's government, and the mutineers, declaring themselves antiwar revolutionaries, were granted asylum. But two days later the two were imprisoned when a coup put pro-US Lon Nol in power, with Sihanouk charging that the CIA had masterminded the mutiny to deliver weapons to Lon Nol. A tale of idealism and risk-taking, madness and ultimate tragedy, the book not only chronicles for the first time the mutiny and the investigation and trials that followed, but looks at the psychological factors involved as well. Beneath the surface story of a selfless and grand political gesture, the authors find an incident with deeper, more complex motivations. As events unfold, the authors draw readers deeply into the adventure for a full appreciation of shipboard life and the vagaries of human relationships.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New., Naval Institute Press, 2001<

2001, ISBN: 9781557505224

Naval Institute Press, 2001. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Second printing. A very nice copy. 2001 Hard Cover. x, 295 pp. "Linnett (investigative journalist) and L… More...

Naval Institute Press, 2001. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Second printing. A very nice copy. 2001 Hard Cover. x, 295 pp. "Linnett (investigative journalist) and Loiederman (television writer) tell the story of how two young crew members took over a tramp steamer carrying napalm to Thailand for the war in Vietnam, thus carrying out the first armed mutiny aboard an American ship in 150 years. Grounded in sworn testimony and interviews with the crew and investigators who were first to arrive on the scene, the account chronicles the mutiny and the ensuing investigations and trials, as well as the complex psychological factors involved., Naval Institute Press, 2001<

ISBN: 9781557505224

Naval Inst Pr. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex libr… More...

Naval Inst Pr. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, that’ll have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Naval Inst Pr<