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Captain Barney, daring privateer and officer in the infant United States Navy, was a man who could have walked in the footsteps of John Paul Jones. A great hero in the victories over the British Navy that turned the tide finally in favor of the Americans, his exciting private life was as full-bodied and fascinating as his fighting career on the high seas. Jan Westcott's absorbing recreation dramatizes also the story of Lady Douglass Harris, the high-spirited, independent English woman for whom Barney risked his life ― and whose unconventional behavior often made him bitterly regret it. The story revolves around Philadelphia, where Barney lived, and Statia, an informal name for the little known Caribbean island of Sint Eustatius, that was the key American supply base for foreign war materials. The story intermingles romance, tensions, sailing ships with outwitting the enemy, and brings a stirring narrative sure to please Jan Westcott's fans.
Benjamin Franklin Barney, son of Charles Barney and Deborah Riffle, was born in 1832 in Sprngfieldm, Illinois. He married Priscilla Ann Shepherd (1840-1916), daughter of Moses Shepherd and Eliza Adamson, in 1855 in Salr Lake City, Utah. They had fifteen children. He died in 1904 in Elsinore, Utah. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in England, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Utah.
The Star Patrol is a legendary fighting force that once saved the universe from the Agemoan Empire. Now, the Agemoan Empire and its forces have stated to regain their forces. They attack the planet Bazborn, where the Star Patrol has settled and is raising their kids. Not wanting to endanger their kids, they flee Bazborn and go off into space, billions of light years from their home planet. The Star Patrol settles on Earth, raising their kids and waiting for the inevitable day that the Empire finds them.
Young Ben runs away from home after a conflict with his father and lives on the streets of New York City for years, but his mother still hopes to see him again.
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