Télécharger le livre :  The Shining Sea
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A few months after the outbreak of the War of 1812, Captain David Porter set out in the USS Essex on an epic, seventeen-month cruise to the South Seas. Porter was pursuing fame and riches, and by most accounts his odyssey was a stunning success: it brought glory to the...

Editeur : Basic Books
Parution : 2013-10-08

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Télécharger le livre :  1812
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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 fleet, only twenty ships strong, faced a practiced British navy of more than a thousand men-of-war. Still,...

Editeur : Basic Books
Parution : 2011-10-04

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Télécharger le livre :  If By Sea
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The American Revolution-and thus the history of the United States-began not on land but on the sea. Paul Revere began his famous midnight ride not by jumping on a horse, but by scrambling into a skiff with two other brave patriots to cross Boston Harbor to Charlestown....

Editeur : Basic Books
Parution : 2008-05-13

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