Navigate the treacherous waters of Lake Erie, Lake Huron and the
Georgian Bay to discover the fates of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry and
his fleet.
Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's defeat of the British at the Battle of
Lake Erie was a defining moment both in the War of 1812 and American
naval history. Yet the story of Perry's fleet did not end there. Come
aboard as author David Frew chronicles the years and decades after
Perry's victory. Heroic acts and bitter defeats unfold as Frew details
the lives of fleet surgeon Usher Parsons, shipwright Daniel Dobbins and
fleet commander Oliver Hazard Perry and his successors. The adventure
moves from the tribulations of Misery Bay and a crafty British victory
in the Lake Huron Campaign to the closing of the naval base in Erie and
the raising of the Niagara in the twentieth century. Navigate the
treacherous waters of Lake Erie, Lake Huron and the Georgian Bay to
discover the fates of Perry and his fleet.