No quarter : a Matty Graves novel ; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Distributed to the trade by National Book Network, Inc

This First Book In The Series Introduces Matty Graves, Midshipman In The Early Years Of The United States Navy. In 1799, The Young U.s. Navy Faces France In An Undeclared Quasi-war For The Caribbean. Matty Graves Is Caught Up In Escalating Violence As He Serves Aboard The Rattle-snake Under His Drunken Cousin, Billy. Matty Already Knows How To Handle The Sails And Fight A Ship. Now, With The Sarcastic Lieutenant Peter Wickett As His Mentor And Nemesis, He Faces The Ironies Of A War Where Telling Friend From Foe Is No Mean Trick. By Broos Campbell.

this First Matty Graves Novel Takes Place In The Early Years Of The Us Navy. Has An Ironic First-person Viewpoint And More Character Development, Clever Quips, And Social Background Than The Usual Nautical Fiction. Brims With Action And Historical Detail As Well.

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in 1799, Seventeen-year-old Matty Graves, A Midshipman In The United States Navy, Began Service Aboard The Rattle-snake, A Schooner Under The Command Of Lieutenant William Trimble, Matty's Cousin Billy. During This Time, U.s. Ships Were Engaged In Unofficial Battles With France, A Former Ally, For Control Of The Caribbean. When The Rattle-snake Encounters Barges Of Picaroons, Or French Pirates, Billy Wants To Surrender The Ship Rather Than Fight. We Cannot Fight. . . . If We Do, They Will Kill Us All. Lieutenant Peter Wickett, Second In Command, Takes Control, Successfully Fighting The Battle. Realizing That Billy, Impaired By Heavy Drinking, Is Not A Fit Captain, Matty Is Forced To Choose Between Family And His Ship. Billy Had Steered His Own Course, But By God I Wish He Hadn't Enlisted Me For His Crew. He Aligns Himself With Wickett, Advancing His Career While Sealing His Cousin's Fate. Campbell's Novel, The First In A Series Of Matty Graves Novels, Is A Work Of Nautical Fiction, Offering A Detailed Account Of Life On A Ship During The Navy's Infancy. Descriptions Of The Ships, The Living Conditions, And The Battles Make The Setting Come Alive. Historically Accurate, This Adventure Story Could Be Read In An American History Class. Perhaps Its Biggest Drawback Is That Students Unfamiliar With Nautical Terms Will Have Difficulty Understanding Some Of The Language. The Plot Is Engaging, And With A Little Help, Most Students, Particularly Boys In Junior And Senior High School, Would Enjoy It. Voya Codes: 4q 3p J S A/ya (better Than Most, Marred Only By Occasional Lapses; Will Appeal With Pushing; Junior High, Defined As Grades 7 To 9; Senior High, Defined As Grades 10 To 12;adult-marketed Book Recommended For Young Adults). 2006, Mcbooks Press, 272p., Ages 12 To Adult.

Deep in Caribbean waters, Matty faces some tough choices as the "Rattle-Snake" confronts the English, takes on bloodthirsty pirates, and rescues stolen merchant ships from Haitian rebels backed by Napoleon Bonaparte