Ungentle goodnights : life in a home for elderly and disabled naval sailors and Marines and the perilous seafaring careers that brought them there /

Ungentle goodnights : life in a home for elderly and disabled naval sailors and Marines and the perilous seafaring careers that brought them there /

Ungentle Goodnights uses the records of the United States Naval Asylum (later the United States Naval Home), a residence for disabled and elderly sailors and Marines established by the U.S. government, to recover the lives of the 541 men who were admitted there as lifetime residents between 1831 and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McKee, Christopher, 1935- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2018]
Subjects:
United States. > Naval Asylum > History.
United States. > Navy > Sea life > History > 19th century.
United States. > Navy > Biography.
Sailors > United States > History > 19th century.
Veterans > United States > History > 19th century.
Older people > Care > United States > History > 19th century.

Evans: Library Stacks

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Call Number: VB293.P4 M34 2018
 
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