GENTLEMANLY AND HONORABLE PROFESSION

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GENTLEMANLY AND HONORABLE PROFESSION
The Creation of the U.S. Naval Officer Corps, 1794-1815
by Christopher McKee
  • ISBN/SKU: 9780870212833
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Era: Age of Sail
  • Number of Pages: 624
  • Subject: U.S. Navy
  • Date Available: March 1991
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Compiled from official records and unpublished material, the author builds a unique and fascinating social history of the U.S. Navy's officer corps between its establishment in 1794 and the end of the War of 1812.

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