The Devil in Paradise: Captain Putnam in Hawaii

✍ Scribed by Haley, James L

• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group;G. P. Putnam's Sons
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Series: Bliven Putnam Naval Adventure 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

As the United States expands its Navy in earnest, Bliven Putnam-- now Captain of the sloop-of-war Rappahannock-- has come into his own as a leader and is chosen to be at the forefront of such expansion. Dispatched on a two-year tour of the Pacific, he becomes a beacon of American friendship, and influence, in the west. When a long-planned reunion with his wife is cut short by a new assignment, Clarity at last puts her foot down. If she can't keep Putnam with her, then she'll just have to go with him. She joins a new missionary effort to Hawaii. Once there they meet the famed queen of Hawaii, Kaahumanu, and encounter a new breed of pirate. -- adapted from jacket;In this third volume of the Bliven Putnam Naval Adventure series, Captain Putnam returns, venturing into the Pacific to fight pirates in Malaya and match wits with the royals in Hawaii.

✦ Subjects

Armed Forces--Officers;Pirates;Historical fiction;War stories;Sea fiction;History;Naval history;Fiction;War fiction;Action and adventure fiction;Adventure fiction;Sea stories;United States. -- Navy -- Officers -- Fiction;Pirates -- Fiction;Hawaii -- History -- Fiction;United States -- History, Naval -- 19th century -- Fiction;United States. -- Navy;Armed Forces -- Officers;Hawaii;United States