This is a lively and authoritative account of the United States Navy from Independence through the war of 1812. The author fuses political and naval history, and also deals with the often-neglected human aspects of life aboard ship.
Jack Tars and Commodores: The American Navy 1783–1815
- Details
- By: William M. Fowler, Jr
- AOS Naval Non-Fiction - General
- Title: Jack Tars and Commodores: The American Navy 1783–1815
- First Published by: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- First Published Format: HC
- First Published Date: July 1984
- ISBN-10: 0395353149
- ISBN-13: 9780395353141