Author:
White, Jonathan W., 1979- author.
Imprint:2023
Note:Youth -- Family -- California -- Africa -- Diplomacy -- Secession -- War -- The Augusta -- Fort Lafayette -- Fort Warren -- Charles Street Prison -- Execution -- Trial -- Isolation -- Escape -- Exile -- Lincoln -- Kidnapping -- Divorce -- Storms -- Death -- Appendix 1: Oaksmith Family Tree -- Appendix 2: The Wells and Manuel Ortiz
Note:"The riveting story of Appleton Oaksmith, a swashbuckling sea captain whose life intersected with some of the most important moments, movements, and individuals of the mid-nineteenth century, from the California Gold Rush, filibustering schemes in Nicaragua, and Cuban liberation to the Civil War and Reconstruction"-- Provided by publisher.
