A fictionalized account of the first battle of Sackets Harbor, on July 19, 1812. Told from the point of view of Rankin McMullin, an 11-year-old powder monkey on the American warship Oneida. The unique way the battle is fought and the unusual way it ends surprises both sides. Although this is a work of fiction, the historical events portrayed and the persons named are real.

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