In the Wasps Nest

A story about an infant orphaned and then rescued at sea, who is adopted by the seamen and officers of an American warship in 1800 during the Quasi-War between the Americans and French. Raised by the combined efforts of a commodore and a common seaman (both actual historical characters), he grows up to become, at age 13, a midshipman in the American Navy during the War of 1812. These are his adventures, most of which occurred on the famous sloop-of-war Wasp, a real American warship whose hi...