Hell on the East River: British Prison Ships in the American Revolution
"Far fewer people have heard of Wallabout Bay on the Brooklyn shore of the East River or know the terrible story of American sailors who were imprisoned there on wretched hulks like the Jersey. ... Hell on the East River uses the prisoners' own accounts to describe the agony of imprisonment, analyzes the number of deaths, examines the reasons for the tragedy, and describes the 100-year struggle to erect the present Prison Ship.
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Contents
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Preface
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An Inglorious Fleet
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Three Ladders to Survival
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Copyright
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