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Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's defeat of the British at the Battle of Lake Erie was a defining moment both in the War of 1812 and American naval history. Yet the story of Perry's fleet did not end there. Come aboard as author David Frew chronicles the years and decades after Perry's victory. Heroic acts and bitter defeats unfold as Frew details the lives of fleet surgeon Usher Parsons, shipwright Daniel Dobbins and fleet commander Oliver Hazard Perry and his successors. The adventure moves from the tribulations of Misery Bay and a crafty British victory in the Lake Huron Campaign to the closing of the naval base in Erie and the raising of the Niagara in the twentieth century. Navigate the treacherous waters of Lake Erie, Lake Huron and the Georgian Bay to discover the fates of Perry and his fleet.

Acknowledgements	p. 7
Introduction. Genesis of the Book Project	p. 9
Usher Parsons' Baptism: Cannonballs and Splinters	p. 19
Before the Wars: Native North Americans Meet the Europeans	p. 25
Victory on Lake Erie: Limping Home	p. 29
Lake Erie: The Iroquois River Sea	p. 34
Misery Bay Miseries: Lake Fever	p. 37
North Country: Sinclair's Challenge	p. 42
Daniel Dobbins: Sailing Master	p. 47
The Burnings: From York and Dover Mills to Washington, DC.	p. 51
Miller Worsley's First Command: The Georgian Bay Supply Line	p. 57
Destination Mackinac: The 1814 Campaign	p. 61
The Nancy: A Consolation Prize	p. 67
Sneak Attack: Miller Worsley's Georgian Bay Victory	p. 70
Fleet Shipwright: Curmudgeon, Logistics Specialist and Spy	p. 74
Perry and Elliott: The Duel that Never Took Place	p. 80
Destiny: Perry, Sinclair, Worsley, Barclay, Elliott, Dobbins and Parsons	p. 85
Perry's Fleet: The Ravages of Time	p. 89
James Fenimore Cooper Enters the Debate: Elliott's Last Stand	p. 92
Salvaging Perry's Fleet: The Resurrections of	p. 97
Wasaga Beach Gives Up Its Dead: The Nancy Rises from the Silt	p. 104
The New Niagara: The Brig Sails Again	p. 109
Shipwreck in Lake Erie: Could It Be Caledonia?	p. 116
The Mysteries of History: Approaching the Two-Hundred-Year Anniversary	p. 121
Appendix: American and British Ships from the Battle of Lake Erie	p. 131
Bibliography	p. 133
Index	p. 135
About the Author	p. 141
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Perry's Lake Erie Fleet: After the Glory will chronicle the years and decades following the infamous Battle of Lake Erie with the British, and the other important roles that Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's fleet played in history. The nasty conflicts between Perry and master shipwright Dobbins, the miserable winter in Misery Bay where so many men were lost to disease, the infamous burning of Dover Mills (Port Dover) in 1814, the Lake Huron Campaign during which a rag-tag escapee crew from the British schooner Nancy commandeered canoes, then chased down and defeated the American fleet, represent just a few of the stories that have largely gone untold. The rich, post-battle history of Niagara and her sister ships continues through the lives of Perry and Dobbins, the closure of the Naval Base in Erie, the resurrections of Lawrence and Niagara, the modern history of Erie's flagship with her major restorations, and the recent discovery of the Caledonia which was "found" by divers resting at the bottom of Lake Erie off Dunkirk, New York.

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