A Call to Arms
A Call to Arms by William C. Hammond, published by Globe Pequot Publishing on May 1, 2022, is a historical fiction novel comprising 256 pages. This installment in the Cutler Family Chronicles follows the seafaring Cutler family from Hingham, Massachusetts, as they navigate a tumultuous period in early American history. The narrative features a blend of fictional and real historical figures, including Captain Edward Preble and Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson, set against the backdrop of the First Barbary War.
Readers will find a fast-paced plot that spans various locations, including Java, New England, and the Mediterranean Sea, during the early 19th century. The story delves into the challenges faced by a young republic striving to uphold its principles amid the chaos of the Napoleonic Wars and piracy. A Call to Arms provides insights into the actions of heroic officers, sailors, and Marines as they respond to the nation’s call, highlighting themes of liberty, equality, and free trade.
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A Call To Arms, the fourth novel in the award-winning Cutler Family Chronicles by William C. Hammond, features the epic saga of the seafaring Cutler family of Hingham, Massachusetts, and an ever expanding cast of characters, including real historical figures Captain Edward Preble, Lieutenant Stephen Decatur, Lieutenant Richard Somers, Samuel Coleridge, Bashaw Yusuf Qaramanli, and Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson. Interwoven with these historical characters is a fast-paced and gripping plot that takes the reader from Java in the Dutch East Indies to New England at the start of the nineteenth century, and on to Gibraltar, Tripoli, Malta, Sicily, Alexandria, and Cairo. Set primarily in the Mediterranean Sea during the First Barbary War (1801–1805), A Call To Arms offers the reader intriguing and often startling insights into a young republic’s struggle to promote its principles of liberty, equality, and free trade in a world ravaged by the Napoleonic Wars in Europe and ruthless piracy in both the Mediterranean and Far Eastern waters. The US Navy answers the call of an aroused nation, and the fate of the young republic turns on the actions of a few heroic officers, sailors, and Marines.
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