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Author : Molly Elliot Seawell
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Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (317 download)
Download or read book Decatur and Somers written by Molly Elliot Seawell and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Randy Shilts
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312342647
Total Pages : 836 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (426 download)
Download or read book Conduct Unbecoming written by Randy Shilts and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-07 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive book on lesbians and gay men in the US military. Randy Shilts, author of the classic documentary history of the AIDS epidemic And The Band Played On, was acclaimed for his ability to take epic histories and molding them into gripping, intimate narratives. Conduct Unbecoming, his groundbreaking exploration of lesbians and gays in the military, came out of hundreds of interviews conducted with servicepeople at all levels of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps and intense research uncovering thousands of documents resulting in a unique history of gays in the military as well as the persecution of gays in the military. Conduct Unbecoming will leave readers moved and imbued with a better understanding of the pressing situation in our nation's military. "A sober, thoroughly researched and engrossingly readable history on the subject. [Shilts's] chronicle is excellent military history, closely woven with an enthralling analysis of the changing definitions of sexuality and personal relationships in American society....[A] landmark book....Remarkable." --New York Times Book Review "A masterpiece of investigative reporting...Shilts has shown us the honor homosexuals have brought, and continue to bring, to the uniforms they wear and the country they serve." - Boston Globe "Gays, we are told, would damage morale in the military. Shilts documents the fact that morale has already been eaten away by hypocrisy, contradictions, and favoritism...This book will be to gay and lesbian liberation what Betty Friedan's was to early feminism or Rachel Carson's to ecological consciousness. No fair-minded person can read Conduct Unbecoming and consider the present system defensible. - USA Today "Gripping reading....the history of homosexual people and the movement for gay/lesbian equality in the United States can nowhere be more clearly told." - Los Angeles Times
Author : Claude Berube
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1612342299
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (123 download)
Download or read book A Call to the Sea written by Claude Berube and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Stewart's life of sailing and combat on the high seas rivals that of Patrick O'Brien's fictional hero, Jack Aubrey. Stewart held more sea commands (11) than any other U.S. Navy captain and served longer (63 years) than any officer in American naval history. He commanded every type of warship, from sloop to ship-of-the-line, and served every president from John Adams to Abraham Lincoln. Born in Philadelphia during the American Revolution, Stewart met President Washington and went to sea as a cabin boy on a merchantman before age thirteen. In March 1798, at age nineteen, he received a naval commission one month before the Department of the Navy was established. Stewart went on to an illustrious naval career: Thomas Jefferson recognized his Mediterranean exploits during the Barbary Wars, Stewart advised James Madison at the outset of the War of 1812, and Stewart trained many future senior naval officers--including David Porter, David Dixon Porter, and David G. Farragut--in three wars. He served as a pallbearer at President Lincoln's funeral. Stewart cemented his reputation as commander of the Navy's most powerful frigate, the USS Constitution. No other captain commanded this ship for a longer wartime period or through more naval engagements. Undefeated in battle, including defeating the British warships Cyane and Levant simultaneously, both ship and captain came to be known as "Old Ironsides."
Author : Mary Mapes Dodge
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Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book St. Nicholas written by Mary Mapes Dodge and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ian W. Toll
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393066649
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy written by Ian W. Toll and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2008-03-17 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A fluent, intelligent history...give[s] the reader a feel for the human quirks and harsh demands of life at sea."—New York Times Book Review Before the ink was dry on the U.S. Constitution, the establishment of a permanent military became the most divisive issue facing the new government. The founders—particularly Jefferson, Madison, and Adams—debated fiercely. Would a standing army be the thin end of dictatorship? Would a navy protect from pirates or drain the treasury and provoke hostility? Britain alone had hundreds of powerful warships. From the decision to build six heavy frigates, through the cliff-hanger campaign against Tripoli, to the war that shook the world in 1812, Ian W. Toll tells this grand tale with the political insight of Founding Brothers and the narrative flair of Patrick O'Brian.
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Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (81 download)
Download or read book St. Nicholas written by and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joshua Lancellotti
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 146915210X
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (691 download)
Download or read book A Red Soaked Morning written by Joshua Lancellotti and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sex, violence, daring secret missions, diplomatic back channel maneuvering, thrilling warship battles, intensely loyal friendships bound by blood, chivalrous love affairs, heart wrenching deaths, unimaginable bravery and soulless treachery! All swirled about the nascent United States Navy as she fought her way into existence just ten years after the Revolution. Although there were many larger and more powerful navies in 1794, none were manned by such a thorough cast of brave young gentlemen, eager and destined to travel the world, bringing glory and victory to both themselves and their nation. In their travels across many of the worlds oceans, they would learn and hone their battle skills, transforming their small squadrons of American fighting ships into unstoppable powerhouses. Time and time again, Americas enemies would change their minds by the mouths of their cannon! Just boys as the Navy is formed, they will grow to men at sea, stumbling into love, tests of their honor, new landscapes and thrilling adventures. Some will die, and others will form unbreakable lifelong friendships that will serve them well through three wars. As the navy is slated to do battle with African pirates a world away, Europes larger world war looms into view, ensnaring the men and the nation in a war that may be impossible to win! It will take all their courage, daring and skill with the sword to keep the navy from ceasing to exist, as Americas enemies surround her from all sides!
Author : George R. Graham
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Total Pages : 802 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Graham's Magazine written by George R. Graham and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Washington Goldsborough
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book The United States' Naval Chronicle ... written by Charles Washington Goldsborough and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chipp Reid
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612511252
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)
Download or read book Intrepid Sailors written by Chipp Reid and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reid tells one of the greatest sea stories in the history of the U.S. Navy. Under Commodore Edward Preble, the Navy came of age fighting the scourge of the time, the infamous Barbary Pirates. Intrepid Sailors chronicles the Navy’s campaign to subdue the pirate leader of Tripoli, who declared war on the United States in 1801. After two failed campaigns, Preble took command of the U.S. squadron in the Mediterranean and served notice to world the U.S. Navy would be a force with which to reckon. Among the ships in Preble’s flotilla was a non-descript little ketch. Once a French supply boat, the ketch served Tripoli until the U.S. squadron captured her in 1803. Upon her capture, Preble incorporated the little boat into his force, re-naming her the Intrepid. She was the first ship in the United States Navy to bear the name of Intrepid and would play a central role in some of the primary feats of “Preble’s Boys.” The exploits of the officers and sailors in this campaign are the stuff of legend. In culling myth from fact, Reid went back to original sources, using the words of the men in the campaign to tell their story. Whether it is Decatur leading the daring raid to burn the captured frigate Philadelphia or the escape attempts of American prisoners in Tripoli, Intrepid Sailors brings to life a story many Americans once widely knew but that today has become little more than footnote. Unlike other books on the topic, however, Intrepid Sailors delves into the development of officers and sailors under Preble. Most were half the age of their commander and few had major combat experience. Under Preble, these men forged a legacy of professionalism to which the Navy still adheres. The book also examines one of the most famous friendships in American and Navy history – that of Decatur and Somers. Their thirst for glory and utter devotion to making the U.S. Navy a permanent, respected force inspired all around them but that quest for immortality never caused a breach in their friendship. Instead, that friendship grew stronger, providing even more inspiration. Intrepid Sailors offers a rare insight into the lives of men who today loom larger-than-life and who continue to inspire each new class of naval officer. Stephen Decatur, Richard Somers, Charles Stewart, James Lawrence, Edward Preble and a pantheon of early U.S. Navy heroes all come to life.
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Total Pages : 758 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)
Download or read book United States Naval Institute Proceedings written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Oscar Paullin
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (916 download)
Download or read book Classes of Operations of the Continental Navy of the American Revolution written by Charles Oscar Paullin and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Gibbs
Publisher : Litres
ISBN 13 : 5040564678
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Pike & Cutlass: Hero Tales of Our Navy written by George Gibbs and published by Litres. This book was released on 2021-01-18 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Pike & Cutlass: Hero Tales of Our Navy" by George Gibbs. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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Total Pages : 854 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Sea Power written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Chamber of Commerce Journal of Maine written by and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Glenn Tucker
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0359321879
Total Pages : 467 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (593 download)
Download or read book Dawn Like Thunder: The Barbary Wars and the Birth of the US Navy written by Glenn Tucker and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-12-28 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1800s, American ships off the coast of North Africa routinely found themselves the targets of Muslim pirates. These sea raiders, or 'corsairs' as they were known, sought captives to enslave in the Ottoman Empire's galleys, mines and harems. When reports circulated of white Christians being shackled to oars, smashing rocks in mines and being sold into sexual slavery, the American public became incensed. The leaders of the young republic were forced to act and with remarkable dexterity built a fleet of ships that grew into a fighting force powerful enough to withstand its first major test: The Barbary Wars.
Author : James Fenimore Cooper
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Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)
Download or read book Lives of Distinguished American Naval Officers written by James Fenimore Cooper and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
