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Lame captains and left-handed admirals : amputee officers in Nelson's Navy /

Lame Captains and Left-Handed Admirals: Amputee Officers in Nelson's Navy focuses on the lives and careers of three amputee officers, Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, Admiral Sir Watkin Owen Pell and Admiral Sir James Alexander Gordon. Bringing together military disability and the social history of...

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Main Author: Michals, Teresa, 1963- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, [2021].
Series:Peculiar bodies: stories and histories.
Subjects:
Great Britain. > Royal Navy > History > 19th century.
Seymour, Michael, > Sir, > 1768-1834.
Pell, Watkin Owen, > Sir, > 1788-1869.
Gordon, James Alexander, > Sir, > 1782-1869.
Nelson, Horatio Nelson, > Viscount, > 1758-1805.
Amputees > Great Britain > Biography.
Admirals > Great Britain > Biography.
Great Britain > History, Naval > 19th century.

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Call Number: DA87.1.A1 M53 2021
 
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