Six frigates : the epic history of the founding of the U.S. Navy / Ian W. Toll.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., Edition: 1st edDescription: xii, 560 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0393058476
  • 9780393058475
  • 9780393330328
  • 039333032X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 359.00973/09033 22
LOC classification:
  • E182 .T65 2006
NLM classification:
  • 359.0097 T651s
Online resources:
Contents:
Notes on language and nautical terminology -- To provide and maintain -- To the shores of Tripoli -- England again -- Epilogue -- Chronology of later events: 1815-2005.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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