| Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy Contributor(s): Toll, Ian W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 039333032X ISBN-13: 9780393330328 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2008 Annotation: From the decision to build six heavy frigates through the cliffhanger campaign against Tripoli to the war that shook the world in 1812, Toll tells the grand tale of the founding of the U.S. Navy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Naval - History | Military - United States - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 359.009 |
| LCCN: 2006020769 |
| Physical Information: 1.57" H x 6.02" W x 9.22" (1.44 lbs) 592 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Before the ink was dry on the U.S. Constitution, the establishment of a permanent military became the most divisive issue facing the new government. The founders--particularly Jefferson, Madison, and Adams--debated fiercely. Would a standing army be the thin end of dictatorship? Would a navy protect from pirates or drain the treasury and provoke hostility? Britain alone had hundreds of powerful warships. From the decision to build six heavy frigates, through the cliff-hanger campaign against Tripoli, to the war that shook the world in 1812, Ian W. Toll tells this grand tale with the political insight of Founding Brothers and the narrative flair of Patrick O'Brian. |
Contributor Bio(s): Toll, Ian W.: - Ian W. Toll is the author of Pacific Crucible, The Conquering Tide, and Six Frigates, winner of the Samuel Eliot Morison Award and the William E. Colby Award. He lives in San Francisco and New York. |