George Washington's Secret Navy : How the American Revolution Went to Sea

by Nelson, James L.

• ISBN13: 9780071628259
• ISBN10: 0071628258
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-06
• Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press

Summary

In 1775 General George Washington.secretly armed a handful of small ships and.sent them to sea against the world�s.mightiest navy .From the author of the critically acclaimedBenedict.Arnold�s Navy, here is the story of how America�s first.commander-in-chief--whose previous military experience.had been entirely on land--nursed the fledgling.American Revolution through a season of stalemate by.sending troops to sea. Mining previously overlooked.sources, James L. Nelson�s swiftly moving narrative.shows that George Washington deliberately withheld.knowledge of his tiny navy from the Continental.Congress for more than two critical months, and that.he did so precisely because he knew Congress would.not approve.

Author Biography

James L. Nelson is the author of Benedict Arnoldn++s Navy, as.well as several novels that take place during the age of the.sailing navies. His novel Glory in the Name won the American.Library Associationn++s W. Y. Boyd Literary Awards for Best.Military Fiction.

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Table of Contents

The Greatest Events... in the Present Age

'The amiable, generous and Brave George Washington, Esquire...'

New Lords, New Laws

The British Command

Noddles Island

Machias Sons of Liberty

'We Have the Utmost Reason to Expect Any Attack...'

The Navy Cabal

Our Weakness & the Enemy's Strength at Sea

George Washington's Secret Navy

Hannah Puts to Sea

Dolphin and Industry

Building and Equipping an American Fleet

Marblehead Boats at Beverly

Not a Moment of Time be Lost

Hancock and Franklin

Congress Pays a Visit

'For Gods Sake Hurry Off the Vessels...'

Lee's Autumn Cruise

The Blundering Captn Coit

The Nancy

John Manley, Naval Hero

Broughton and Selman Sail Home

An American Navy

1777

The Last of Washington's Navy

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