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- catalog abstract ""Nelson's years in the West Indies as the young captain of the frigate HMS Boreas were an important period in the hero's life that both shaped and predicted his role as a major player on history's stage. Yet even the best Nelson biographies have not significantly explored that formative period. In this new study, by an admiral in the U.S. Navy whose two other books on Nelson have established his reputation in the field, we see critical elements of Nelson's character emerge, elements that carried him through his legendary actions at the Nile, Copenhagen, and Trafalgar." "Joseph Callo gives readers a full understanding of the challenges in leadership Nelson faced in the mid- 1780s. It was a time of career-threatening conflict - with local British officials, the local populace, and even his own naval commander - that forced Nelson to decide if he was going to do what he considered the right thing or what almost everyone else wanted him to do. Callo further explains how under these turbulent circumstances Nelson met his future wife, Fanny Nisbet, and how their relationship influenced his behavior throughout his extraordinary career. While the romantic elements of this book add to its "Hornblower" appeal and give much needed balance and perspective to Nisbet's character, Callo's overall analysis of the period will appeal to a broad audience of readers, not just Nelson devotees. A foreword by the well-known Nelson scholar Stephen Howarth and a collection of woodcuts from a rare Nelson book, plus illustrations from the maritime museum in Greenwich, England, enhance the text."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12705995.
- catalog coverage "Caribbean Area History, Naval.".
- catalog coverage "Great Britain History, Naval 18th century.".
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""Joseph Callo gives readers a full understanding of the challenges in leadership Nelson faced in the mid- 1780s. It was a time of career-threatening conflict - with local British officials, the local populace, and even his own naval commander - that forced Nelson to decide if he was going to do what he considered the right thing or what almost everyone else wanted him to do. Callo further explains how under these turbulent circumstances Nelson met his future wife, Fanny Nisbet, and how their relationship influenced his behavior throughout his extraordinary career.".
- catalog description ""Nelson's years in the West Indies as the young captain of the frigate HMS Boreas were an important period in the hero's life that both shaped and predicted his role as a major player on history's stage. Yet even the best Nelson biographies have not significantly explored that formative period. In this new study, by an admiral in the U.S. Navy whose two other books on Nelson have established his reputation in the field, we see critical elements of Nelson's character emerge, elements that carried him through his legendary actions at the Nile, Copenhagen, and Trafalgar."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-221) and index.".
- catalog description "Pivot point of a career -- World within a world -- Sea of contention -- Local perspective -- Geopolitical factors -- Troubled waters -- Legal morass -- The Schomberg affair -- Fraud and pardon -- The predecessors -- A young widow -- Courtship -- Marriage -- Aftermath.".
- catalog description "While the romantic elements of this book add to its "Hornblower" appeal and give much needed balance and perspective to Nisbet's character, Callo's overall analysis of the period will appeal to a broad audience of readers, not just Nelson devotees. A foreword by the well-known Nelson scholar Stephen Howarth and a collection of woodcuts from a rare Nelson book, plus illustrations from the maritime museum in Greenwich, England, enhance the text."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 230 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Nelson in the Caribbean.".
- catalog identifier "1557502064".
- catalog isFormatOf "Nelson in the Caribbean.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press,".
- catalog relation "Nelson in the Caribbean.".
- catalog spatial "Caribbean Area History, Naval.".
- catalog spatial "Caribbean Area".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain History, Naval 18th century.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog subject "359/.0092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Admirals Great Britain Biography.".
- catalog subject "British Caribbean Area History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "DA87.1.N4 C257 2003".
- catalog subject "Great Britain. Royal Navy Biography.".
- catalog subject "Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805 Homes and haunts Caribbean Area.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Pivot point of a career -- World within a world -- Sea of contention -- Local perspective -- Geopolitical factors -- Troubled waters -- Legal morass -- The Schomberg affair -- Fraud and pardon -- The predecessors -- A young widow -- Courtship -- Marriage -- Aftermath.".
- catalog title "Nelson in the Caribbean : the hero emerges, 1784-1787 / Joseph F. Callo.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "Naval history. fast".
- catalog type "text".