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Sea stories : forays into American naval history during the age of sail / Michael J. Crawford.

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Format:
Book
Government document
Author/Creator:
Crawford, Michael J., author.
Contributor:
Naval History & Heritage Command (U.S.), issuing body.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
United States. Navy--History.
United States.
United States. Navy.
Sailboats--United States--History.
Sailboats.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (85 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Other Title:
Forays into American naval history during the age of sail
Place of Publication:
Washington, DC : Naval History and Heritage Command, Department of the Navy, 2018.
Contents:
Part one : Strategy and operations. Chapter 1 : The Queen of France comes to America, 1778
Chapter 2 : The tale of the milk pail : vice Admiral Comte d'Estaing's strategic vision for the War of 1778 in America
Part Two : Building a naval tradition. Chapter 3 : The invasion and defense of Canada in 1775 and 1776 : a new perspective from a new eyewitness account
Chapter 4 : Poughkeepsie, the continental shipyards, and defense of the Hudson
Part three : The Navy's image on paper and canvas. Chapter 5 : Samuel Eliot Morison's John Paul Jones : a sailor's biography, a retrospective appreciation
Chapter 6 : The lasting influence of Theodore Roosevelt's Naval War of 1812
Chapter 7 : National ensigns in the Naval Art of the War of 1812
Chapter 8 : White-jacket and the Navy in which Melville served.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (NHHC, viewed Dec. 9, 2021).
ISBN:
9781943604289
1943604282
OCLC:
1288021309

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