The Naval History of the United States. Volume 1
The Naval History of the United States, Volume 1 is the first part of the popular history by Willis J. Abbot, a journalist who first published the material as books for boys in the late 1880s. This volume covers the beginnings of American sea power: the colonial privateers and the fight against piracy, the creation of the Continental Navy in the Revolution, the cruises of John Paul Jones and the fight between the Bonhomme Richard and the Serapis, the undeclared war with France, the war against the Barbary pirates and the burning of the Philadelphia at Tripoli, and the single-ship victories and lake battles of the War of 1812. Abbot dwells on individual actions and heroes. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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