Admiral De Grasse and American Independence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, Charles Lee.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Admirals--France--Biography.

France. Marine--Biography.

Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, French.

Local Subjects:

Admirals--France--Biography.

France. Marine--Biography.

Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, French.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (460 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Naval Institute Press, 2014.

Summary:

The average American knows little or nothing of the great service rendered by Admiral de Grasse, a French admiral, to the cause of American independence in the battle off Cape Henry in 1781. The battle off Cape Henry had ultimate effects more important than those of Waterloo. De Grasse's action entailed upon the British the final loss of the thirteen colonies in America. This biography by Charles Lee Lewis places this supremely important naval battle off the Virginia Capes in its proper historical perspective, and gives de Grasse the full credit for rendering the aid which made possible t

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ISBN:

9781612514734

1612514731

OCLC:

880530992