Bibliograph

Rebels at sea, privateering in the American Revolution, Eric Jay Dolin

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Rebels at sea, privateering in the American Revolution, Eric Jay Dolin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-284) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Rebels at sea

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1272855379

Responsibility statement

Eric Jay Dolin

Sub title

privateering in the American Revolution

Summary

The heroic story of the founding of the U.S. Navy during the Revolution has been told many times, yet largely missing from maritime histories of America's first war is the ragtag fleet of private vessels that truly revealed the new nation's character -- above all, its ambition and entrepreneurial ethos. In Rebels at Sea, historian Eric Jay Dolin corrects that significant omission and contends that privateers, as they were called, were in fact critical to the American victory

Table Of Contents

Massachusetts first -- Expanding the fight at sea -- All in -- A privateersman's life -- The French connection -- Privateering triumphs and tragedies -- The lion roars -- "Hell afloat" -- The home front -- A few more rounds

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Privateering in the American Revolution

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