In 1777, in the midst of the darkest period of the Revolutionary War, Captain Isaac Biddlecomb battles his way up river from Philadelphia to find his ship, the Falmouth, which has fallen into the hands of deserters from Washington's army
New Hampshire, despite its small size, played a significant role in the American Revolution. The deeds of the state's soldiers and other notable citizenry have been well documented but the...
The author brings his trilogy of seafaring adventures to a conclusion, as Captain Isaac Biddlecomb prepares to lead his brigantine Charlemagne in an opening salvo against the British in the naval theater of the Revolutionary War. Original.
Late summer, 1775, General George Washington discovers that his cache of gunpowder has dwindled to a mere nine shots per man.
Captain Isaac Biddlecomb is given the dangerous task of transporting Dr. Benjamin Franklin to France on a mission to bring the French into the Revolutionary War on the side of the American colonists.
Almost as expensive as Dunham's ship was one proposed by Donald McKay, the famed clipper ship designer from Boston. A decade before, McKay had designed and built Flying Cloud, the ship that broke the New York to San Francisco record ...
Fleeing the New England coast after foiling a British man-of-war's attempt to seize his cargo, merchant sea captain Isaac Biddlecomb finds himself in the middle of a brewing rebellion and at the mercy of a sadistic captain. Original.
It seemed to have been the right course of action, though. The threat was now over. Even with the cuts and blows from the limbs, it was better than seeing the thieves steal his mule, to use against the Confederacy.