Put-In-Bay: The Construction of Perry's Monument

by Jeff Kissell

Book Overview

Discover the story of the construction of the monument that is as thrilling as the bravery that inspired it.

We have met the enemy and they are ours. . . . So wrote Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry to General William Henry Harrison following his decisive victory over a British fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie. Perry's victory served as a catalyst both for this battle and for ending hostilities in the Old Northwest Theater of the War...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738518972
• ISBN13: 9780738518978
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 9.4"