For Love of Country

<P>Credited with vividly recreating an early chapter in American history with his first novel <I>A Matter of Honor</I> William C. Hammond continues the seafaring adventures of the prominent Cutler family of Massachusetts. Set in the years following the American Revolution this second novel offers an exciting look at the young republic at a time when America remained a weak nation with no navy to protect its prosperous merchant fleet from Barbary pirates or nations intent on crippling its shipping.</P>