Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy
by Ian W. Toll
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Author: Ian W. TollEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-03-17
ISBN: 039333032X
Number of pages: 592
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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- ISBN13: 9780393330328
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Summary: 5 Stars
Ever since reading Patrick O'Brian's depiction of the battle between the USS Constitution and the HMS Java in "The Fortune of War," I've wanted to learn more about the United States's own naval history from that period. Finally, Toll's "Six Frigates" has arrived, and it's exactly the sort of book I was looking for. Unlike O'Briens overblown prose with multiple compound/complex sentences, Toll is able to capture the essence of the time and war with primarily simple sentences, limited, to no use, of the subjunctive and a small number of pictures (the previously never-been-seen-before photo of the Earl of Bathurst leading the British attack in only his boxers was worth more than 1,000 words). Toll's work is marvellously full-flavored and towers over the works of OBrien and the work of his communist son-in-law stepson Nikolai Tolstoy like a three-decker over a ship's longboat.
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