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The year was 1814. Becalmed in the Caribbean while running the British blockade from New Orleans to Havana the ship lay helpless, a tempting prize during this last year of the struggle between Great Britain and the young American Republic.
"Mark what I say: the first sail sighted on that horizon means either John Bull or John Lafitte." So spoke the master of an armed American merchantman to his sixteen-year-old son, Wade Thayer.
The dreaded sail appears and John Bull it is!
From the moment shot and shell rake the American craft, this story of the dramatic events that climaxed the War of 1812 grips the reader's imagination.
The crew of the American ship is imprisoned aboard the English frigate, but Wade Thayer escapes from the dark hold of His Majesty's ship. High adventure follows him to the camp of Jean Lafitte. He becomes Lafitte's emissary to the governor of Louisiana, offering the help of the band of freebooters in defending New Orleans against British attack.
How the proposal is accepted . . . how the battle is fought, makes a blood-and-thunder tale. The suspense of the struggle of the young republic will quicken every teenager's pulse!
In Black Falcon, Armstrong Sperry has again demonstrated his ability to create a powerful, dynamic historical novel..
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