Six frigates : the epic history of the founding of the U.S. Navy / Ian W. Toll.
By: Toll, Ian W.
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BookPublisher: New York : Norton, c2006Edition: 1st ed.Description: xii, 560 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780393058475 (hardcover); 0393058476 (hardcover).Subject(s): United States. Navy -- History -- 18th century | United States. Navy -- History -- 19th century | Frigates -- United States -- History -- 18th century | Frigates -- United States -- History -- 19th century | United States -- History -- Tripolitan War, 1801-1805 -- Naval operations | United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Naval operations | United States -- History, Naval -- 18th century | United states -- History, Naval -- 19th century | United States. Navy -- History | Frigates -- History | War of 1812 -- Naval operations | United States -- Naval historyDDC classification: 359/.00973/09/033 | 359.00973/09033 Summary: The story of the creation of the U.S. Navy that chronicles the late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century process that would launch the nation into becoming a powerful naval force.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [525]-540) and index.
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The story of the creation of the U.S. Navy that chronicles the late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century process that would launch the nation into becoming a powerful naval force.
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