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A MOST FORTUNATE SHIP

by Commander Tyrone G. Martin

Called a definitive account when first published in 1980 and the winner of several book awards, this revised and expanded edition is available now...

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BROKE OF THE SHANNON AND THE WAR OF 1812

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Captain Philip Broke’s victory in 1813 over Captain Lawrence of USS Chesapeake, did much to restore the morale of the Royal Navy, shattered by...

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BURNING OF WASHINGTON

by Anthony S. Pitch

With all the immediacy of an eyewitness account, Anthony Pitch tells the dramatic story of the British invasion of Washington in the summer of 1814,...

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CAPITAL IN FLAMES

by Robert Malcomson

  Awarded the 2008 John Lyman Prize for Canadian Naval and Maritime History      by the North American Society for...

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THE 44-GUN FRIGATE USS CONSTITUTION

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The Constitution was one of the first frigates built by the fledgling U.S. Navy, ordered in 1794 as a counter to the Barbary corsairs in the...

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THE BATTLE OF STONINGTON

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In the summer of 1814 a squadron of Royal Navy ships attacked the tiny Connecticut seaport of Stonington, and declared its intention of destroying...

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THE CAPTAIN WHO BURNED HIS SHIPS

by Gordon S. Brown

This is the first biography of Captain Thomas Tingey, who was a key figure in the development of the early U.S. Navy.  Having come to America...

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UTMOST GALLANTRY

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Named a Proceedings Notable Naval Book of 2011 Recipient of an Honorable Mention/Finalist for a "2012 Samuel Eliot Morison Book Award for...

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NAVAL OCCURRENCES OF THE WAR OF 1812

by William James

Introduction by Andrew Lambert. English lawyer and historian William James wrote this book in 1817 to counter what he considered the bombastic,...

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