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Toll, Ian W.

Six frigates : the epic history of the founding of the U.S. Navy / Ian W. Toll. - 1st ed. - New York : W.W. Norton & Co., - xii, 560 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 525-540) and index.

Notes on language and nautical terminology -- To provide and maintain -- To the shores of Tripoli -- England again -- Epilogue -- Chronology of later events: 1815-2005.

Describes the origins and early history of the American Navy, discussing the debates by the founding fathers over the need for a permanent military, the decision to construct six heavy frigates, the campaign against Tripoli, and the War of 1812.

ISBN: 0393058476 9780393058475 9780393330328 039333032X

Standard No.: 9780393058475

LCCN: 2006020769

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Navy --History--18th century.
United States. Navy --History--19th century.
United States. Navy.

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1700-1899

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Frigates--History--United States--18th century.
Frigates--History--United States--19th century.
Frigates.
Military operations, Naval.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--History--Naval operations.--Tripolitan War, 1801-1805
United States--History--Naval operations.--War of 1812
United States--History, Naval--18th century.
United States--History, Naval--19th century.
United States--History--Naval operations.--Tripolitan War, 1801-1805
United States--History--Naval operations.--War of 1812
United States--History, Naval--18th century.
United States--Naval history.
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.
Naval history.

LC Class. No.: E182 / .T65 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 359.00973/09033

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 359.0097 T651s