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  • Thence round Cape Horn: The story of United States Naval Forces on Pacific Station, 1818-1923

    by Robert Erwin Johnson ...
    Thence Round Cape Horn is a comprehensive and richly illustrated chronicle of the U.S. Navy's presence in the Pacific across more than a century. Naval historian Robert Erwin Johnson traces the evolution of the Pacific Station—from single‐ship missions protecting American merchant-marines in 1818 to a formidable naval force by World War I. With clarity and precision, Johnson navigates through key ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Far China Station

    The U.S. Navy in Asian Waters, 1800-1898

    by Robert Erwin Johnson ...
    Far China Station was the first work to put nineteenth century American naval and diplomatic affairs in the Far East into clear perspective. Johnson examines the origins of the East India Squadron, defines its import role in the implementation of foreign policy and describes the dangers routinely faced by the squadron’s ships and sailors. Great and gallant ships move through the pages from the ... Read more

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    The Story of the First Battling Ironclads, the Monitor and the Merrimack

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  • Sea of Gray

    The Around-the-World Odyssey of the Confederate Raider Shenandoah

    by Tom Chaffin ...
    "A superb account of how the Confederate raider Shenandoah brought the American Civil War to the farthest reaches of the world." —Nathaniel PhilbrickThe sleek, 222-foot, black auxiliary steamer Sea King left London on October 8, 1864, ostensibly bound for Bombay. The subterfuge was ended off the shores of Madeira, where the ship was outfitted for war. The newly christened CSS Shenandoah then ... Read more

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  • Perilous Fight

    by Stephen Budiansky ...
    In Perilous Fight, Stephen Budiansky tells the rousing story of the underdog coterie of American seamen and their visionary secretary of the navy, who combined bravery and strategic innovation to hold off the legendary Royal Navy.Budiansky vividly demonstrates that far from an indecisive and unnecessary conflict—as historians have long dismissed the War of 1812—this “forgotten war” had profound ... Read more

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  • Gunsmoke Over the Atlantic

    First Naval Actions of the Civil War

    by Jack Coombe ...
    On April 12, 1861, the Civil War began when shots were fired on an unfinished fort in Charleston Harbor. From that thunderous opening salvo, the naval battles to control the Atlantic coast that followed–daring, savage, and often deadly–were not only crucial in determining the outcome of the war and the fate of a nation, but would change the face of naval warfare forever.GUNSMOKE OVER THE ... Read more

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  • Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron

    The War of 1812 and the Forging of the American Navy

    by Ronald Utt ...
    The War of 1812 is typically noted for a handful of events: the burning of the White House, the rise of the Star Spangled Banner, and the battle of New Orleans. But in fact the greatest consequence of that distant conflict was the birth of the U.S. Navy. During the War of 1812, America’s tiny fleet took on the mightiest naval power on earth, besting the British in a string of victories that ... Read more

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  • Mississippi River Gunboats of the American Civil War 1861–65

    by Angus Konstam ...
    Series Book 49 - New Vanguard
    At the start of the American Civil War, neither side had warships on the Mississippi River and in the first few months both sides scrambled to gather a flotilla, converting existing riverboats for naval use.These ships were transformed into powerful naval weapons despite a lack of resources, trained manpower and suitable vessels. The creation of a river fleet was a miracle of ingenuity, ... Read more

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  • C.S.S. Shenandoah

    The Memoirs of Lieutenant Commanding James I. Waddell

    by James D. Horan ...
    The last shot of the Civil War was fired, not on an obscure battlefield, but in the ice-locked Sea of Okhotsk off Siberia seven months after Lee’s surrender.The last armed Confederate cruiser was the C.S.S. Shenandoah, a beautiful but dangerous vessel which scattered and burned the New Bedford whaling fleet in Arctic waters. She was the last cruiser sent to sea by James Dunwoody Bulloch, the ... Read more

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  • The Autobiography of Admiral Dewey

    Admiral of the Navy

    by Admiral of the Navy George Dewey ...
    One of America's best known naval heroes whose life straddled two centuries and several stages of naval development, tells his own story.-Print ed.George Dewey was born on December 26, 1837 in Montpelier, Vermont. Upon his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1857, he was commissioned as a lieutenant in 1861. During the Civil War he served with Admiral Farragut during the Battle of New Orleans and ... Read more

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  • American Light and Medium Frigates 1794–1836

    by Mark Lardas ...
    Series Book 147 - New Vanguard
    The 'Original Six' frigates were commissioned by the new-born US Navy at a staggering cost of nearly $700,000.Designed to be light and fast, these warships enabled America to project its power across the globe. Among the ships Mark Lardas examines is USS Constellation: the first ship to be commissioned by the United States Navy. Alongside stirring accounts of engagements during the Barbary Wars, ... Read more

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  • The Southern Journey of a Civil War Marine

    The Illustrated Note-Book of Henry O. Gusley

    Edited by Edward T. Cotham ...
    The confiscated Yankee diary that ran in the Confederate press, fully annotated and illustrated with drawings by a fellow Civil War Marine.On September 28, 1863, the Galveston Tri-Weekly News included an item headlined "A Yankee Note-Book." It was the first installment of a diary confiscated from U.S. Marine Henry O. Gusley, who had been captured at the Battle of Sabine Pass. It was so popular, ... Read more

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