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The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the nation. Volume II, The kingdom on the waves Cover Image E-book E-book

The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the nation. Volume II, The kingdom on the waves [electronic resource] / taken from accounts by his own hand and other sundry sources ; collected by M.T. Anderson of Boston.

Anderson, M. T. (Author).

Summary:

After escaping a death sentence in the summer of 1775, Octavian and his tutor find shelter but no safe harbor in British-occupied Boston and, persuaded by Lord Dunmore's proclamation offering freedom to slaves who join his counterrevolutionary Royal Ethiopian Regiment, Octavian and his friends soon find themselves engaged in naval raids on the Virginia coastline as the Revolutionary War breaks out in full force.

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  • ISBN: 9780763651794 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 0763651796 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (521 p.)
  • Edition: 1st electronic ed.
  • Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2010.

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General Note:
Originally published: 2008.
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Description based on print version record.
Subject: African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Liberty > Juvenile fiction.
Slavery > Juvenile fiction.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Naval operations, British > Juvenile fiction.
Virginia > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Electronic books.

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