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Author : United States. Naval History Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Atlases
ISBN : STANFORD:36105127828163
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Early maps
ISBN : UCR:31210014080319
Author : United States. Naval History Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : United States
ISBN : OCLC:3372482
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Early maps
ISBN : LCCN:83675944
Author : United States. Naval History Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Early maps
ISBN : MINN:20000000903027
Author : United States. Department of the Navy. Library,United States. Navy Department. Naval Operations Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : United States
ISBN : STANFORD:36105211338954
Author : United States. Navy Department. Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : United States
ISBN : MINN:31951D03395219A
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Military history
ISBN : UCSD:31822027489541
Author : Naval Historical Center (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Naval history
ISBN : MINN:319510028773339
Author : United States. Naval History Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Naval history
ISBN : MINN:319510028537775
Author : Barbara A. Lynch,John E. Vajda
Publisher : Naval Historical Center
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : UCBK:C051939110
Author : Charles Richard Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : United States
ISBN : OSU:32435009549015
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Caribbean Area
ISBN : PURD:32754070066273
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Caribbean Area
ISBN : MINN:319510030448045
Author : Tim McGrath
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101591574
WINNER OF THE SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON AWARD FOR NAVAL LITERATURE “A meticulous, adrenaline-filled account of the earliest days of the Continental Navy.”—New York Times Bestselling Author Laurence Bergreen America in 1775 was on the verge of revolution—or, more likely, disastrous defeat. After the bloodshed at Lexington and Concord, England’s King George sent hundreds of ships westward to bottle up American harbors and prey on American shipping. Colonists had no force to defend their coastline and waterways until John Adams of Massachusetts proposed a bold solution: The Continental Congress should raise a navy. The idea was mad. The Royal Navy was the mightiest floating arsenal in history, with a seemingly endless supply of vessels. More than a hundred of these were massive “ships of the line,” bristling with up to a hundred high-powered cannon that could level a city. The British were confident that His Majesty’s warships would quickly bring the rebellious colonials to their knees. They were wrong. Beginning with five converted merchantmen, America’s sailors became formidable warriors, matching their wits, skills, and courage against the best of the British fleet. Victories off American shores gave the patriots hope—victories led by captains such as John Barry, the fiery Irish-born giant; fearless Nicholas Biddle, who stared down an armed mutineer; and James Nicholson, the underachiever who finally redeemed himself with an inspiring display of coolness and bravery. Meanwhile, along the British coastline, daring raids by handsome, cocksure John Paul Jones and the “Dunkirk Pirate,” Gustavus Conyngham—who was captured and sentenced to hang but tunneled under his cell and escaped to fight again—sent fear throughout England. The adventures of these men and others on both sides of the struggle rival anything from Horatio Hornblower or Lucky Jack Aubrey. In the end, these rebel sailors, from the quarterdeck to the forecastle, contributed greatly to American independence. Meticulously researched and masterfully told, Give Me a Fast Ship is a rousing, epic tale of war on the high seas—and the definitive history of the American Navy during the Revolutionary War.
