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Sailors in the Holy Land: The 1848 American Expedition to the Dead Sea and the Search for Sodom and Gomorrah
Andrew C. A. Jampoler
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Description for Sailors in the Holy Land: The 1848 American Expedition to the Dead Sea and the Search for Sodom and Gomorrah
Hardcover. With the Mexican-American War winding down, and after a painful divorce and the death of his daughter, Lieutenant William Lynch was given permission to lead the first and only US Navy expedition to the Holy Land, to find the ruins of the cities of sin. A retired American naval aviator who is now writing histories related to sea-faring, Jampoler off Num Pages: 240 pages, 13 photos, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1KBB; 3JH; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
The Lynch Expedition was the first and last US Navy expedition into the storied waters of the Dead Sea. The explorers were all volunteers who had taken an oath of abstinence from alcohol and they travelled in boats made of copper and zinc to make them durable enough for the rapids of the Jordan River and be able to withstand the corrosive effects of the Dead Sea. This is an account with interesting aspects involving science vs. religion, the turmoil in revolutionary Europe, the transition from sail to steam, the legends and truths about Sodom and Gomorrah, and a cholera ... Read more
The Lynch Expedition was the first and last US Navy expedition into the storied waters of the Dead Sea. The explorers were all volunteers who had taken an oath of abstinence from alcohol and they travelled in boats made of copper and zinc to make them durable enough for the rapids of the Jordan River and be able to withstand the corrosive effects of the Dead Sea. This is an account with interesting aspects involving science vs. religion, the turmoil in revolutionary Europe, the transition from sail to steam, the legends and truths about Sodom and Gomorrah, and a cholera ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Annopolis, United States
ISBN
9781591144137
SKU
V9781591144137
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About Andrew C. A. Jampoler
Andrew Jampoler is the award-winning author of The Last Lincoln Conspirator: John Surratt’s Flight from the Gallows; Adak: The rescue of Alfa Foxtrot 586; and Sailors in the Holy Land: The 1848 American Expedition to the Dead Sea. A resident of Loudoun County, VA, he spent more than twenty years in the U.S. Navy and later was a marketing executive ... Read more
Reviews for Sailors in the Holy Land: The 1848 American Expedition to the Dead Sea and the Search for Sodom and Gomorrah
A fascinating reconstruction...well researched and well written, this book is a good read: informative and just plain fun."
Northern Mariner/Le Marin du Nord "History in the manner of Moby Dick, [Jampoler]...re-united several branches of history, naval, regional, biblical and literary...refreshingly different and thought-provoking."
International Journal of Naval History "Rambles charmingly about …life in the [Ottoman] Levant, adventures of ... Read more
Northern Mariner/Le Marin du Nord "History in the manner of Moby Dick, [Jampoler]...re-united several branches of history, naval, regional, biblical and literary...refreshingly different and thought-provoking."
International Journal of Naval History "Rambles charmingly about …life in the [Ottoman] Levant, adventures of ... Read more