In the Wasp’s Nest by Cyrus Townsend Brady
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ePublished by
July 2020
Originally published 1902
Fiction, young adult, Age of Sail, War of 1812
Author: Cyrus Townsend Brady
Illustrator: Rufus F. Zogbaum
ePublished by
July 2020
Originally published 1902
Fiction, young adult, Age of Sail, War of 1812
Author: Cyrus Townsend Brady
Illustrator: Rufus F. Zogbaum
In the Wasp’s Nest: The Story of a Sea Waif in the War of 1812 was published originally in 1902. This digital version of the book was created from a 1921 hardcover reprint of the novel.
A story about an infant orphaned and then rescued at sea, who is adopted by the seamen and officers of an American warship in 1800 during the Quasi-War between the Americans and French. Raised by the combined efforts of a commodore and a common seaman (both actual historical characters), he grows up to become, at age 13, a midshipman in the American Navy during the War of 1812. These are his adventures, most of which occurred on the famous sloop-of-war Wasp, a real American warship whose history is accurately portrayed in this fictionalized account.
This is an enjoyable novel that contains enough factual accuracy to rival a non-fiction history book.
A story about an infant orphaned and then rescued at sea, who is adopted by the seamen and officers of an American warship in 1800 during the Quasi-War between the Americans and French. Raised by the combined efforts of a commodore and a common seaman (both actual historical characters), he grows up to become, at age 13, a midshipman in the American Navy during the War of 1812. These are his adventures, most of which occurred on the famous sloop-of-war Wasp, a real American warship whose history is accurately portrayed in this fictionalized account.
This is an enjoyable novel that contains enough factual accuracy to rival a non-fiction history book.