Bibliograph

Captain "Hell Roaring" Mike Healy, from American slave to Arctic hero, Dennis L. Noble and Truman R. Strobridge ; foreword by Gene Allen Smith and James C. Bradford

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Captain "Hell Roaring" Mike Healy, from American slave to Arctic hero, Dennis L. Noble and Truman R. Strobridge ; foreword by Gene Allen Smith and James C. Bradford

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Captain "Hell Roaring" Mike Healy

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

312445296

Responsibility statement

Dennis L. Noble and Truman R. Strobridge ; foreword by Gene Allen Smith and James C. Bradford

Series statement

New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology

Sub title

from American slave to Arctic hero

Summary

This biography of Captain Michael A. Healy (1839-1904) traces his life and career in the US Revenue Cutter Service, from his childhood, when his parents sent him north to escape slavery, to passing for white and becoming a sailor. The authors describe how, as a captain in the Cutter Service in Alaska and the Pacific, he enforced federal laws, provided search and rescue for sailors, brought medical aid to isolated villages, and was concerned for the fate of Eskimos. They also provide a general overview of the US Revenue Cutter Service. Healy gained a reputation as hard-drinking, which led to one of two trials for drunkenness and other charges. Noble, a writer who has served in the US Coast Guard, has a Ph.D. in history. Strobridge has been a historian for several government agencies. Annotation ♭2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table Of Contents

The Georgia plantation -- Down to the sea -- Love and the sailor -- Eastern interlude -- Healy's polar passion -- Cannons, expeditions, shipwrecks, and reindeer -- The captain and the immortal Bear -- "Monster Healy" -- The czar of the North -- "I steer by no man's compass but my own" -- "A desperate and dangerous man" -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Important dates in the life of Capt. Michael A. Healy -- Appendix 2: The family of Michael Augustine Healy -- Appendix 3: Charges brought against Capt. Michael A. Healy in 1896 trial

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