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  • A History of the Second Division Naval Militia Connecticut National Guard

    Guardians of the Sea: Unveiling the Legacy of Connecticut's Naval Militia

    by Daniel Doane Bidwell ...
    In "A History of the Second Division Naval Militia Connecticut National Guard," Daniel Doane Bidwell meticulously chronicles the evolution and contributions of this vital military unit from its inception to its operational highlights. Employing a narrative style that weaves detailed historical records with engaging storytelling, Bidwell presents a comprehensive examination of the Second Division ... Read more

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  • The British Are Coming

    The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777

    by Rick Atkinson ...
    Series Book 1 - The Revolution Trilogy
    Winner of the George Washington PrizeWinner of the Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American HistoryWinner of the Excellence in American History Book AwardWinner of the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book AwardFrom the bestselling author of the Liberation Trilogy comes the extraordinary first volume of his new trilogy about the American RevolutionRick Atkinson, author ... ... Read more

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  • Give Me a Fast Ship

    The Continental Navy and America's Revolution at Sea

    by Tim McGrath ...
    **WINNER OF THE SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON AWARD FOR NAVAL LITERATURE“A meticulous, adrenaline-filled account of the earliest days of the Continental Navy.”—New York Times Bestselling Author Laurence Bergreen**America in 1775 was on the verge of revolution—or, more likely, disastrous defeat. After the bloodshed at Lexington and Concord, England’s King George sent hundreds of ships westward to bottle up ... Read more

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  • The Boys' War

    Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War

    by Jim Murphy ...
    An ALA Best Book for Young Adults: Firsthand accounts of the experiences of boys sixteen and younger who fought in the Civil War, with photos included.Winner of the Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction"Making extensive use of the actual words—culled from diaries, journals, memoirs, and letters—of boys who served in the Union and Confederate armies as fighting soldiers as well as drummers, buglers, ... Read more

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  • John Paul Jones

    Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy

    by Evan Thomas ...
    The New York Times bestseller from master biographer Evan Thomas brings to life the tumultuous story of the father of the American Navy.John Paul Jones, at sea and in the heat of the battle, was the great American hero of the Age of Sail. He was to history what Patrick O’Brian’s Jack Aubrey and C.S. Forester’s Horatio Hornblower are to fiction. Ruthless, indomitable, clever; he vowed to sail, as ... Read more

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  • Rogues and Rascals

    True Stories of Maritime Lives and Legends

    by Bob Kroll ...
    Open Rogues and Rascals to any page, and you'll find yourself drawn into the fascinating lives of ordinary Maritimers. A natural storyteller, Bob Kroll relates more than 200 true tales of our very own ancestors, and introduces us to heroes, failures, murderers, and soul savers who bring the everyday history of the Maritimes to vivid life. The stories in Rogues and Rascals are loosely arranged into ... Read more

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  • True Crime in the Civil War

    Cases of Murder, Treason, Counterfeiting, Massacre, Plunder & Abuse

    by Tobin T Buhk ...
    "Reconstruct[s] Civil War cold cases and crimes through the people who lived to tell about them . . . a unique history."— MLive"Crime did not take a holiday during the Civil War, far from it. As Tobin Buhk shows in this fast-paced narrative, the war created new opportunities to gain profits from illegal activities, to settle old scores against personal enemies under the cover of fighting the ... Read more

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  • The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn

    An Untold Story of the American Revolution

    by Robert P. Watson ...
    The most horrific struggle of the American Revolution where more men died aboard a rotting prison ship one hundred yards off New York than were lost to combat during the entirety of the war."A readable . . . account of the worst atrocity committed by either side during the Revolutionary War, as well as a damning portrayal of the British military's 'moral state.'"― Wall Street JournalMoored off the ... Read more

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  • Duel Between the First Ironclads

    by William C. Davis ...
    One was called "a tin can on a shingle"; the other, "a half-submerged crocodile."Yet, on a March day in 1862 in Hampton Roads, Virginia, after a five-hour duel, the U.S.S. Monitor and the C.S.S. Virginia (formerly the U.S.S. Merrimack) were to change the course of not only the Civil War but also naval warfare forever. Using letters, diaries, and memoirs of men who lived through the epic battle of ... Read more

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  • Brother of Mine

    The Civil War Letters of Thomas and William Christie

    by Hampton Smith ...
    In 1861, as President Lincoln called for volunteers to defend the Union, Thomas Christie wrote to his father, voicing desires shared by many an enlistee: "I do want to 'see the world,' to get out of the narrow circle in which I have always lived, to 'make a man of myself,' and to have it to say in days to come that I, too, had a part in this great struggle."As it turned out, Thomas had an ... Read more

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  • Commander Will Cushing

    Daredevil Hero of the Civil War

    by Jamie Malanowski ...
    “Superbly entertaining.”—S. C. Gwynne, best-selling author of Empire of the Summer MoonOctober 1864. The confederate ironclad CSS Albemarle had sunk two federal warships and damaged seven others, taking control of the Roanoke River and threatening the Union blockade. Twenty-one-year-old navy lieutenant William Barker Cushing hatched a daring plan: to attack the fearsome warship with a few dozen ... Read more

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  • Shanghaiing Days

    The Thrilling account of 19th Century Hell-Ships, Bucko Mates and Masters, and Dangerous Ports-of-Call from San Francisco to Singapore

    by Richard Dillon ...
         In the last quarter of the nineteenth century, the American Merchant Marine went into a terrible and tragic decline, and sailors were forced to serve under conditions that were little better than serfdom.      Seamen were exploited in wholesale fashion, disfranchised of almost all their civil and human rights, and brutally punished for even minor offenses. Successful skippers had turned into ... Read more

    $2.99 USD