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- Book Title
- Give Me a Fast Ship : the Continental Navy and America's Revolution at Sea
- Publication Name
- Give Me A Fast Ship
- Title
- Give Me A Fast Ship
- Subtitle
- The Continental Navy and America's Revolution at Sea
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0451416112
- EAN
- 9780451416117
- ISBN
- 9780451416117
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Military / Naval, Military / United States
- Release Date
- 07/07/2015
- Release Year
- 2015
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 1.3in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Weight
- 19.9 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Item Width
- 6in
- Number of Pages
- 592 Pages
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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 American harbors and prey on American shipping. Colonists had no force to defend their coastline and waterways until John Adams of Massachusetts proposed a bold solution: The Continental Congress should raise a navy. The idea was mad. The Royal Navy was the mightiest floating arsenal in history, with a seemingly endless supply of vessels. More than a hundred of these were massive "ships of the line," bristling with up to a hundred high-powered cannon that could level a city. The British were confident that His Majesty's warships would quickly bring the rebellious colonials to their knees. They were wrong. Beginning with five converted merchantmen, America's sailors became formidable warriors, matching their wits, skills, and courage against the best of the British fleet. Victories off American shores gave the patriots hope--victories led by captains such as John Barry, the fiery Irish-born giant; fearless Nicholas Biddle, who stared down an armed mutineer; and James Nicholson, the underachiever who finally redeemed himself with an inspiring display of coolness and bravery. Meanwhile, along the British coastline, daring raids by handsome, cocksure John Paul Jones and the "Dunkirk Pirate," Gustavus Conyngham--who was captured and sentenced to hang but tunneled under his cell and escaped to fight again--sent fear throughout England. The adventures of these men and others on both sides of the struggle rival anything from Horatio Hornblower or Lucky Jack Aubrey. In the end, these rebel sailors, from the quarterdeck to the forecastle, contributed greatly to American independence. Meticulously researched and masterfully told, Give Me a Fast Ship is a rousing, epic tale of war on the high seas--and the definitive history of the American Navy during the Revolutionary War.
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0451416112
ISBN-13
9780451416117
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208714077
Product Key Features
Book Title
Give Me a Fast Ship : the Continental Navy and America's Revolution at Sea
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Military / Naval, Military / United States
Publication Year
2015
Genre
History
Number of Pages
592 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
19.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
E271
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
Reviews
"An exhaustively researched and fluently rendered account of the first incarnation of the American navy...A thoroughly readable history of an integral aspect of the campaign for American independence."-Ian W. Toll, author of Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy "I've seldom enjoyed a work of historical nonfiction as much as Give Me a Fast Ship... After you read it, McGrath will be one of your favorite historians, as he now is of mine."-Jeff Guinn, New York Times bestselling author of Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson "[McGrath's] gripping descriptions of pursuit and combat at sea are the equal of any fiction, with the added virtue of being entirely true…solidly researched and presented with verve and gusto."- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "McGrath enhances his position among American Revolution naval war historians with this comprehensive, fast-paced account of the collection of armed merchantmen (non naval vessel) manned by amateurs that took on the world's greatest naval power."- Publishers Weekly, "In Tim McGrath's Give Me a Fast Ship , early American naval literature has found a proud new flagship.... It is rare for a one-volume work to fill the sails of personalities and battles separated from the modern reader by nearly two centuries, but Give Me a Fast Ship pulls it off beautifully. His descriptions are vivid, his commanders three-dimensional, and he evinces a genuine love of the world of white sails and black powder. When Give Me a Fast Ship drops anchor, the reader returns from an adventure cruise with respect for the men who fought the Revolution at sea." -- The Wall Street Journal " Give Me a Fast Ship is less a history of the birth of the U.S. Navy at the outbreak of the Revolution than it is a rousing collection of tales describing battles against the British, the Continental Congress and among rival captains.... Tim McGrath is a storyteller writ large... McGrath explains the details of 18th century navies with a deft pen and a decidedly nautical viewpoint. This is a delight to read." -- The Kansas City Star "[McGrath's] gripping descriptions of pursuit and combat at sea are the equal of any fiction, with the added virtue of being entirely true.... Solidly researched history presented with verve and gusto." -- Kirkus , starred review "McGrath enhances his position among American Revolution naval war historians with this comprehensive, fast-paced account of the collection of armed merchantmen (non-naval vessel) manned by amateurs that took on the world's greatest naval power." -- Publishers Weekly "In telling this fascinating and sprawling tale, Tim McGrath never loses sight of the human dimension of his subject. He has mined archival sources largely neglected in previous histories, and the result is an exhaustively researched and fluently rendered account of the first incarnation of the American navy. Give Me a Fast Ship is a thoroughly readable history of an integral aspect of the campaign for American independence." --Ian W. Toll, author of Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy "In Give Me a Fast Ship , naval historian Tim McGrath has given us a meticulous, adrenalin-filled account of the earliest days of the Continental Navy, and a John Paul Jones for our times and for the ages." --Laurence Bergreen, New York Times bestselling author of Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe and Columbus: The Four Voyages "I've seldom enjoyed a work of historical nonfiction as much as Give Me A Fast Ship . Here, Tim McGrath helps readers learn about a vital, if little-known aspect of the American Revolution and feel royally entertained at the same time. That's a rare combination, and Give Me a Fast Ship is a special book. After reading it, McGrath will be one of your favorite historians, as he now is of mine." --Jeff Guinn, New York Times bestselling author of Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson
Copyright Date
2015
Lccn
2014-008295
Dewey Decimal
973.3/5
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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