Jack M. D Owen
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The unexpected arrival of America, the most famous yacht in the world, in a Florida backwater creek, imperiled the lives of all within the Confederate community. One false move could bring the wrath of a Union gunboat upon the residents of Walaka. Only the firm leadership of a cavalry captain and plantation owner over his unruly riders, saved lives on both sides of the conflict which tore families apart.
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One Halloween the US Navy would like to forget, played a terrible trick on LIEUTENANT DAVID PORTER, in 1803. He, along with 306 other shipmates aboard the 38-gun frigate USS Philadelphia, including Captain William Bainbridge, were caught by pirates at Tripoli It took guile and courage to free them from their 18-month slavery in the grip of a murderous, despotic Pasha, and a renegade Scot-turned-Turk pirate. Plus the politicking of a President, Emperor...
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Gold on the Glades – a Palm Beach YarnThis Palm Beach story of thuggery, buggery, society and piracy, hits a record high for seasonal scandal in this tight little town.The date is now securely etched into world history. Indians, drug lords, sugar barons, assassinations and squished Chihuahuas all dwell within this seasonTrue events, (for the most part) real characters, actual greed and debauchery. A great read for fans of society, scandal, history,...
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Tea and taxes are quickly cited as the reason colonial America broke away from England. It was the cause of 'Free Trade and Sailors Rights' which sustained an infant force of iron men, who gladly served aboard the few wooden ships, of the Continental Navy. Davy Porter, in a lifetime of fights and feuds, shares the courage of ancestors who earned their name during the Holy Crusades, with warriors of the New World.