Bill Hammond

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HISTORY COMES ALIVE IN A MATTER OF HONOR...

"I was so caught up in the story, I didn't realize how much history I had learned until I was finished and began thinking about it. This is an absolute must read!"
--Jess M. Brallier, Author of 30 books


AN OPEN LETTER TO READERS

Dear Reader:

Welcome to the Age of Fighting Sail, as told from the American perspective. At this time a total of six novels is planned in the Cutler Family Chronicles that will take you, my valued reader, from England in 1774 to Massachusetts in 1816. The bases of all six novels are the creation of the U.S. Navy and the emergence of the United States as a naval and commercial power. All novels feature the Cutler family of Hingham, Massachusetts and Fareham, England, as well as a supporting and ever expanding cast of characters.

The novels are, in order of publication:

1. A Matter of Honor. Please Click on "My Works" above for details.

2. For Love of Country. Please click on "My Works" above for details.

3. The Power and the Glory, a novel set primarily in the West Indies during the Quasi-War with France and featuring naval hero Thomas Truxtun, captain of USS Constellation on which Richard Cutler serves as lieutenant. Years covered: 1796 to 1800. Status: Completed and with my agent. Publication date TBD.

4. A Call to Arms. Set primarily in the Mediterranean Sea during the war against Tripoli, this novel includes business ventures that expand the Cutler commercial empire to the Orient. Richard Cutler has command of a frigate while his younger son Jamie serves as midshipman aboard USS Constitution under the command of Captain Edward Preble. Years covered: 1801 to 1805. Publication date TBD.

5. An untitled work (as yet) that will have as its focus the War of 1812, a war preceeded by a commercial embargo that nearly ruins Cutler & Sons and one that pits the fledgling U.S. Navy against the might and majesty of Britain's Royal Navy. Years covered: 1810 to 1814.

6. An untitled work that will have as its backdrop the war against Algiers. Years covered: 1815 to 1816.

I hope you enjoy reading these novels. Please email me with any comments or questions you might have. I promise to respond. Your interest in my work means everything to me. It's why I continue to set my alarm for 0400 each morning to get to my writing. There is, frankly, nothing I would rather do.

Fair winds, and thank you,

Bill Hammond