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McKee, Christopher Fulton was born on June 14, 1935 in Brooklyn. Son of William Ralph and Frances (Manning) M.
(A reprint of the classic biography detailing the professi...)
A reprint of the classic biography detailing the professional career of the great naval leader of the Tripolitan War years. McKee (Grinnell College) documents Preble's rise from obscurity to become Thomas Jefferson's chief administrator, his relationship with Jefferson and the president' policies and strategies during the war, and also the Tripolit
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(A unique and fascinating social history of the U.S. Navy'...)
A unique and fascinating social history of the U.S. Navy's officer corps between its establishment and the end of the War of 1812.
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( The image of the naval sailor is that of an enigmatic ...)
The image of the naval sailor is that of an enigmatic but compelling figure, a globe-trotting adventurer, swaggering and irresponsible in port but swift to flex the national muscle at sea and beyond. Appealing as this popular image may be, scant effort has been expended to reveal the truth behind the stereotype. Thanks to Christopher McKee's groundbreaking work, it is now possible to hear from sailors themselves--in this case, those who served in Great Britain's Royal Navy during the first half of the twentieth century. McKee has scoured sailors' unpublished diaries, letters, memoirs, and oral interviews to uncover the lives and secret thoughts of British men of the lower deck. From working-class childhoods teetering on the edge of poverty to the hardships of finding civilian employment after leaving the navy; from sexual initiation in the brothels of Oran and Alexandria to the terror of battle, the former sailors speak with candor about all aspects of naval life: the harsh discipline and deep comradeship, the shipboard homoeroticism, the pleasures and temptations of world travel, and the responsibilities of marriage and family. McKee has shaped the first authentic model of the naval enlisted experience, an account not crafted by officers or civilian reformers but deftly told in the sailors' own voices. The result is a poignant and complex portrait of lower-deck lives.
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educator Librarian naval historian
McKee, Christopher Fulton was born on June 14, 1935 in Brooklyn. Son of William Ralph and Frances (Manning) M.
Bachelor of Arts St. Thomas, Houston, 1957. Master of Arts in Library Science, University Michigan, 1960.
Catalogue library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, 1958-1962;
social science library, Southern Illinois U., Edwardsville, 1962-1966;
book selection officer, Southern Illinois U., 1967-1969;
assistant director, Southern Illinois U., 1969-1972;
library of college, Grinnell College, Iowa., since 1972;
Samuel R. and Marie-Louise Rosenthal professor, Grinnell College, Iowa. Secretary of Navy research chair in naval history Naval History Center, Washington, 1990-1991. Trustee Bibliographical Center Research, Denver, 1984-1988.
Scholar-in residence Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, U. Iowa, 1997-1998.
( The image of the naval sailor is that of an enigmatic ...)
(A reprint of the classic biography detailing the professi...)
(A unique and fascinating social history of the U.S. Navy'...)
Member vestry Trinity Episcopal Church, Iowa City, 2006—2010. Member of United States Naval Institute, Society Historians Early American Republic, Organization American Historians, Society Military History, Navy Records Society, Canada Nautical Research Society, Society Nautical Research.
Married Ann Adamczyk, 1993. Children: Sharon, David B.