This is a lively and authoritative account of the United States Navy from Independence through the war of 1812. The author fuses political and naval history, and also deals with the often-neglected human aspects of life aboard ship. |
Author: William M. Fowler, Jr Title: Jack Tars and Commodores: The American Navy 1783–1815 Series: First Published by: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Place: Format: HC Date: July 1984 ISBN-10: 0395353149 ISBN-13: 9780395353141 |