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Focuses on the lives and careers of four particularly distinguished British naval officers who returned to sea and continued to fight and win battles after losing an arm or a leg: Lord Horatio Nelson, Sir Michael Seymour, Sir Watkin Owen Pell, and Sir James Alexander Gordon.

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Michals takes an understudied topic in naval history and connects it to a broader historiography of disability, and she does so creatively and effectively." - Evan Wilson, U.S. Naval War College, author of A Social History of British Naval Officers, 1775–1815

Lame Captains and LeftHanded Admirals

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      Publisher MP-VIR Uni of Virginia
      Published 11/30/2021 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780813946733
      978-0813946733
      ISBN-10 0813946735

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Focuses on the lives and careers of four particularly distinguished British naval officers who returned to sea and continued to fight and win battles after losing an arm or a leg: Lord Horatio Nelson, Sir Michael Seymour, Sir Watkin Owen Pell, and Sir James Alexander Gordon.

      Trade Review
      Michals takes an understudied topic in naval history and connects it to a broader historiography of disability, and she does so creatively and effectively." - Evan Wilson, U.S. Naval War College, author of A Social History of British Naval Officers, 1775–1815

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