The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn: An Untold Story of the American Revolution

by Robert P. Watson and Robert P. Watson

Book Overview

The most horrific struggle of the American Revolution occurred just 100 yards off New York, where more men died aboard a rotting prison ship than were lost to combat during the entirety of the war.

Moored off the coast of Brooklyn until the end of the war, the derelict ship, the HMS Jersey, was a living hell for thousands of Americans either captured by the British or accused of disloyalty. Crammed below deck -- a shocking one...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030682552X
• ISBN13: 9780306825521
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"