A historical exploration of privateering during the American Revolution, blending naval adventure with political intrigue.
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A historical exploration of privateering during the American Revolution, blending naval adventure with political intrigue.
The heroic story of the founding of the U.S. Navy during the Revolution has been told many times, yet largely missing from maritime histories of America's first war is the ragtag fleet of private vessels that truly revealed the new nation's character--above all, its ambition and entrepreneurial ethos. In Rebels at Sea , best-selling historian Eric Jay Dolin corrects that significant omission, and contends that privateers, as they were called, were in fact critical to the American victory. Privat...
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Moderate depictions of naval battles and wartime violence.
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Moderate focus on Revolutionary War politics and patriotism.
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Brief mentions of wartime suffering and hardship.
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