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Six frigates : the epic history of the founding of the U.S. Navy

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  • 359 T651 (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2006.

Physical Description

xii, 560 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

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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