All the Proud Ships: A Novel of the American Revolution

In the winter of 1776 Captain Patrick Tremayne and Lieutenant Ethan Hale are charged with breaking the British blockade of the Delaware River in order to intercept a Royal Navy convoy arriving with supplies and troops from the West Indies for the British attack on the new American capital, Philadelphia. The Eagle, a refitted merchant ship, escapes the British blockade of the Delaware River and heads out to the Atlantic to carry out their mission.