Deep Water Sailors, Shallow Water Soldiers [Paperback]

Gerard T Altoff (Author), Robyn Opthoff (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1993

This story is not complete. The project was initiated following a review of Samuel Hambleton's account of the distribution of the prize money on Lake Erie. Hambleton's prize list discloses that a large percentage of the men who served on board the US squadron during the Battle of Lake Erie were not sailors, but soldiers. Where did they come from? And why were they on board? This book is a great help for those researching whether they might have had an ancestor on board.

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About the Author

After serving a four year tour of duty with the US Coast Guard, which included a WestPac cruise to Viet Nam, Gerard T Altoff joined the US National Park Service in 1972. He held positions at Zion National Park, in Utah, then Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota followed by Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial, Put-in-Bay Ohio, as Superintendent. This is the third book written on the Battle of Lake Erie, War of 1812 subject area.

Product Details

• Paperback: 203 pages
• Publisher: The Perry Group (April 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1887794018
• ISBN-13: 978-1887794015
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,309,856 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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After serving a four year tour of duty with the US Coast Guard, which included a WestPac cruise to Viet Nam, Gerard T Altoff joined the US National Park Service in 1972. He held positions at Zion National Park, in Utah, then Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota followed by Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial Superintendent in Put-in-Bay Ohio. "Amongst My Best Men: African Americans and the War of 1812",(1996) and "Oliver Hazard Perry and the Battle of Lake Erie" (Revised edition 1999) and "Deep Water Sailors, Shallow Water Soldiers"(1988) were all published by The Perry Group. They were written by Gerard T. Altoff while he lived on the island. All three are essential books on the The War of 1812 and expertly cover the Battle of Lake Erie subject area. They are all still in print.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Buy if interested in soldiers and marines of Perry's fleet., December 23, 1998

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This review is from: Deep Water Sailors, Shallow Water Soldiers (Paperback)

This book is of primary interest to the person wanting to know about the soldiers and marines of the US Lake Erie fleet in 1813, and of secondary interest to the person wanting to know about the sailors. It has a short history of the campaign and battle of Lake Erie which is inferior to the account in many general War of 1812 histories. It then lists who shared in the Prize money from capture of the British fleet by ship, who was killed or wounded by ship, the soldiers by unit they came from, the 48 hour volunteers, and the officers and sailors who accompanied Perry from Rhode Island. Then comes a list of marines serving in fleet but not battle with a paragraph each and a list of soldiers and marines who served in battle with a paragraph each.