Captains Contentious PDF book is popular Biography & Autobiography book written by Louis A. Norton. The book was released by Univ of South Carolina Press on 2009 with total hardcover pages 206. Fast download link is given in this page, you could read Captains Contentious by Louis A. Norton in PDF, epub and kindle directly from your devices.
Norton surveys the lives and military accomplishments of five captains in the nascent Continental Navy, investigating how their personality flaws both hindered
A fascinating naval perspective on one of the greatest of all historical conundrums: How did thirteen isolated colonies, which in 1775 began a war with Britain
Connecticut privateer Nathaniel Fanning (1755-1805) was captured by the British during the Revolutionary War. Upon his release, he joined the Continental Navy a
At the outbreak of the War of 1812, America's prospects looked dismal. It was clear that the primary battlefield would be the open ocean -- but America's war fl
Commanding Petty Despots: The American Navy in the New Republic tells the story of the creation of the American Navy. Rather than focus on the well-known frigat
