Howard Coffin
Howard Coffin
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There are these inexpert American seamen, never in a naval battle before, on their ships waiting for their first fight. It's morning. They look across Cumberland Head and they can see the tops of the British masts above the trees. They are thinking -- Oh my God, what are we facing,
building corridor european gets importance major powers
These are major European powers projecting their power by building these bastions. It gets to the importance of this corridor to them in that age,
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Plattsburgh -- the land battle -- is a place that really grabbed me,