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Command Under Sail : Makers of the American Naval Tradition 1775-1850
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bradford, James C.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History, Naval--To 1900.
- United States. Navy--Officers--Biography.
- Local Subjects:
- United States--History, Naval--To 1900.
- United States. Navy--Officers--Biography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (353 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Command Under Sail
- Place of Publication:
- Annopolis : Naval Institute Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- A collection of esssays on 12 officers who helped to build the foundation of the U.S. Naval tradition.
- Contents:
- [ CONTENTS ]; Illustrations; Preface; The Struggle for Independence; Esek Hopkins: Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Navy; John Paul Jones: Honor and Professionalism; John Barry: A Most Fervent Patriot; Baptism by Fire; Edward Preble and the ""Boys"": The Officer Corps of 1812 Revisited; William S. Bainbridge: Bad Luck or Fatal Flaw?; Oliver Hazard Perry: Savior of the Northwest; Thomas MacDonough: Arcitect of a Wilderness Navy; Distant Stations; David Porter: Pacific Ocean Gadfly; Stephen Decatur: Heroic Ideal of the Young Navy; John Rodgers: The Stalwart Conservative
- The Twilight of the Sailing NavyIssac Hull: Bulwark of the Sailing Navy; Robert F. Stockton: Naval Officer and Reformer; Bibliography; Notes on Authors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781612512617
- 1612512615
- OCLC:
- 831121229
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