Captain "Hell Roaring" Mike Healy: From American Slave to Arctic Hero

by Truman R Strobridge, Dennis L. Noble, Truman R. Strobridge

Book Overview

One of the Coast Guard's great heroes and the secret he kept hidden"This is a book of adventure that tells how one man shaped the Alaskan frontier at a crucial time in American history."--Vincent William Patton, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, retired"Diligent research and precise writing reveal the realities of race relations in nineteenth-century America, as well as the dangers, loneliness, and complex relationships of life at sea...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813054850
• ISBN13: 9780813054858
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"