Manifest Destiny's Underworld Filibustering in Antebellum America |
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Author:
| May, Robert E. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8078-5581-2 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2004 |
Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $97.00AUD $57.00 |
Book Description:
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America's notorious ""filibusters"" weretthe adventurers who organized or participated in private military attacks on nations with which the United States was formally at peace. Condemned abroad as pirates, the filibusters were often celebrated at home as heroes who epitomized the spirit of Manifest Destiny.
America's notorious ""filibusters"" weretthe adventurers who organized or participated in private military attacks on nations with which the United States was formally at peace. Condemned abroad as pirates, the filibusters were often celebrated at home as heroes who epitomized the spirit of Manifest Destiny.