All the Brave Fellows (Revolution at Sea Saga #5)
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ISBN: 0671038478 / Publisher: Atria Books, July 2001
In 1777, in the midst of the darkest period of the Revolutionary War, Captain Isaac Biddlecomb battles his way up river from Philadelphia to find his ship, the Falmouth, which has fallen into the hands of deserters from Washington's army
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James L. Nelson, "the American counterpart to L. Patrick O'Brian" (David Brink), writes breathtaking descriptions of the age when saliors became warriors and warriors became legends. Now his acclaimed Revolution at Sea Saga continues as General George Washington fights a loosing battle to keep Philidelpia from the hands of the British. <br> <i>ALL THE BRAVE FELLOWS</i> <br> It is 1777, the Year of the Hangman, and Captain Isaac Biddlecomb is bound for Philidelphia with his wife and child in the Continental brig of the <i>Charlemagne.</i> His orders are to take command of the newly built 20-gun frigate <i>Salmouth</i> and get her out to sea before she is taken by General Richard Howe's invading army. <br> Unbeknownst tp Biddlecomb, the entire British fleet stands between him and the new nation's capital. Forced to run his beloved <i>Charelmagne</i> aground, Biddlecomb comes face-to-face with his mortal enemy, Lt. John Smeaton. <br> Meanwhile, General Washington has yielded Philidelphia to Britain's might. As Biddlecomb and his crew battle to reach the prized <i>Falmouth,</i> only shipwright Malachi Foote and a ragtag band of deserters from the Continental Army stand between the vessel and the seemingly unstoppable British Army.
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