Ships And Seamen Of The American Revolution

Author : Jack Coggins
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486420721
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ships and Seamen of the American Revolution written by Jack Coggins and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully researched account of a lesser-known but vital aspect of the American war for independence chronicles exciting ship-to-ship battles, Benedict Arnold's efforts to build a fleet in Lake Champlain, the harassment of British ships by privateers, David Bushnell's "sub-marine" vessel and floating mines, uniforms, and much more. More than 150 black-and-white illustrations.

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Publisher : Harrisburg, Pa. : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ships and Seamen of the American Revolution written by and published by Harrisburg, Pa. : Stackpole Books. This book was released on 1969 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully researched, clearly written account of a lesser-known but vital aspect of the American war for independence chronicles exciting ship-to-ship battles; Benedict Arnold's efforts to build a fleet in Lake Champlain; the harassment of British ships by privateers; David Bushnell's sub-mari

Author : Angus Konstam
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472836332
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Privateers of the Revolutionary War written by Angus Konstam and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the American War of Independence (1775–83), Congress issued almost 800 letters of marque, as a way of combating Britain's overwhelming naval and mercantile superiority. At first, it was only fishermen and the skippers of small merchant ships who turned to privateering, with mixed results. Eventually though, American shipyards began to turn out specially-converted ships, while later still, the first purpose-built privateers entered the fray. These American privateers seized more than 600 British merchant ships over the course of the war, capturing thousands of British seamen. Indeed, Jeremiah O'Brien's privateer Unity fought the first sea engagement of the Revolutionary War in the Battle of Machias of 1775, managing to capture a British armed schooner with just 40 men, their guns, axes and pitchforks, and the words 'Surrender to America'. By the end of the war, some of the largest American privateers could venture as far as the British Isles, and were more powerful than most contemporary warships in the fledgling US Navy. A small number of Loyalist privateers also put to sea during the war, and preyed on the shipping of their rebel countrymen. Packed with fascinating insights into the age of privateers, this book traces the development of these remarkable ships, and explains how they made such a significant contribution to the American Revolutionary War.

Author : Nathan Perl-Rosenthal
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674915550
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Citizen Sailors written by Nathan Perl-Rosenthal and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-10-12 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After 1776, Americans struggled to gain recognition of their new republic and their rights as citizens. None had to fight harder than the nation’s seamen, whose labor took them deep into the Atlantic world. Nathan Perl-Rosenthal tells the story of how their efforts created the first national, racially inclusive model of U.S. citizenship.

Author : Paul A. Gilje
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812202023
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Liberty on the Waterfront written by Paul A. Gilje and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2012-04-17 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through careful research and colorful accounts, historian Paul A. Gilje discovers what liberty meant to an important group of common men in American society, those who lived and worked on the waterfront and aboard ships. In the process he reveals that the idealized vision of liberty associated with the Founding Fathers had a much more immediate and complex meaning than previously thought. In Liberty on the Waterfront: American Maritime Culture in the Age of Revolution, life aboard warships, merchantmen, and whalers, as well as the interactions of mariners and others on shore, is recreated in absorbing detail. Describing the important contributions of sailors to the resistance movement against Great Britain and their experiences during the Revolutionary War, Gilje demonstrates that, while sailors recognized the ideals of the Revolution, their idea of liberty was far more individual in nature—often expressed through hard drinking and womanizing or joining a ship of their choice. Gilje continues the story into the post-Revolutionary world highlighted by the Quasi War with France, the confrontation with the Barbary Pirates, and the War of 1812.

Author : United States. Naval History Division
Publisher : U.S. Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 : 9780160724954
Total Pages : 1395 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Naval Documents of the American Revolution: American theatre: Jan. 1, 1778-Mar. 31, 1778. European theater: Jan. 1, 1778-Mar. 31, 1778 written by United States. Naval History Division and published by U.S. Government Printing Office. This book was released on 1964 with total page 1395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of the preceding volumes - the first of which was published in 1964 - this work synthesizes edited documents, including correspondence, ship logs, muster rolls, orders, and newspaper accounts, that provide a comprehensive understanding of the war at sea in the spring of 1778. The editors organize this wide array of texts chronologically by theater and incorporate French, Italian, and Spanish transcriptions with English translations throughout.

Author : Charles Oscar Paullin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Navy of the American Revolution written by Charles Oscar Paullin and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Louis Frank Middlebrook
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Maritime Connecticut During the American Revolution, 1775-1783 written by Louis Frank Middlebrook and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christopher P. Magra
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107112141
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poseidon's Curse written by Christopher P. Magra and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An investigation of the Atlantic origins of the American Revolution, focusing on the British navy's impressment of American ships and mariners.

Author : Theodore Corbett
Publisher : Pen and Sword Maritime
ISBN 13 : 1399040456
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Maritime History of the American Revolutionary War written by Theodore Corbett and published by Pen and Sword Maritime. This book was released on 2023-06-30 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While many books have been written on the naval history of the Revolution, this is one of the first to treat it in its entirety as an Atlantic-wide conflict. While its geographical scope is vast, it features overlooked aspects of the war in which sloops and barges fought, actions which proved to be as decisive as the familiar ship of the line confrontations. It is also history from the bottom up, emphasizing the role of the crew as much the not always heroic officers. From naval perspective the rebellious colonies did not gain a military victory, though Benjamin Franklin was able to secure their independence at the peace table in Europe. The final chapter on the Royal Navy’s evacuation of white and black loyalists, will be examined in more detail in the author’s forthcoming Pen & Sword book.