The Blue Ocean's Daughter

"It is about an amazonian sort of young woman who was born onboard her father's ship, grew up on it in his company, was as good a sailor as the skipper, and if need was could fight with swords and pistols as well as if she had been a man. The time of the story is laid in the latter part of the Revolutionary War and the ship is pursued by an English frigate. Out of the pursuit and the fight there grow all manner of exciting incidents, including a love affair. For a long time things looked very black for the brave heroine, but all ends happily" (New York Times)