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Life in Mr. Lincoln's Navy
By Dennis J. Ringle

Every aspect of the common sailor's life in the Union navy—from recruiting, clothing, training, shipboard routine, entertainment, and wages to diet, health, and combat experience—is addressed in this study, the first to examine the subject in rich detail. The wealth of new facts it provides allows the reader to take a fresh look at nineteenth-century social history, including issues like ...

Available Formats: Hardcover
Pete Ellis
An Amphibious Warfare Prophet, 1880-1923
By Dirk Anthony Ballendorf and Merrill L. Bartlett
Few Marines have had more impact on the Corps's history than Pete Ellis, and none have been more controversial. This biography of the brilliant yet troubled Marine disputes many long-accepted but unsubstantiated accounts of his life and death. Ellis’s legacy as the father of amphibious warfare is fully examined by the authors, who searched through family papers, fitness reports, Japanese ...
Available Formats: Softcover
Female Tars
Women Aboard Ship in the Age of Sail
By Suzanne J. Stark
“For a very long time now I have delighted in histories, letters, records, and memoirs to do with the Royal Navy in the eighteenth and early nineteenth century; but Suzanne Stark’s book has told me many, many things I did not know, and I shall keep it on an honored shelf.”—Patrick O’Brian

The wives and female guests of commissioned ...

Available Formats: Softcover