Description As a rare account by a woman and a Loyalist During the French and Patriot attack on British forces at Newport in September 1778, Mrs.
He is the author or editor of more than 40 books, including Sailors and Scholars (new edition forthcoming) and the Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History (2007)..
Litt., 2016).
Phil., 1979
D.
M., 1971), and the University of Oxford (D.
B., 1964), Brown University (A.
Navy, he earned his degrees in history from Kenyon College (A.
S.
A former surface warfare officer in the U.
Additionally, he served as chairman of the College\'s Maritime History Department and director of the Naval War College Museum, 2003-16.
Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, a chair he occupied from 1984 to 2016.
S.
King Professor Emeritus of Maritime History at the U.
About the Author Professor John Brewster Hattendorf is the Ernest J.
Among many other things, she graphically describes her attempts to protect her children as the French naval squadron under the Comte d\'Estaing fought its way in and out of Narragansett Bay During the Battle of Rhode Island.
Almy\'s account provides valuable insights into a civilian woman\'s reactions to the war and to the situation in Newport.
Description As a rare account by a woman and a Loyalist During the French and Patriot attack on British forces at Newport in September 1778, Mrs
