The Age Of Fighting Sail: The Story of the Naval War of 1812
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (999 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0939218062 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 284 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-15 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Surprisingly favorable account of the US Navy by an Englishman h lynn keith 1. Short review: :-D (Amazon rating: 5 out of 5 stars -- I love it.)2. Long review:2.1. What I liked: The fact that the narrative was easily readable vice the impenetrable prose of the academics who write on the subject. The surprising favorable view of the young American Navy from an Englishman.2.2. Wh. A Fresh Look at the War of 1812 John E. Nevola When one picks up a Forester book, one usually thinks immediately of the Horatio Hornblower series for which he is well known. He is an accepted expert on sailing ships, especially warships, and brings all of his insight knowledge and experience to the party in The Age of Fighting Sail.If this book were. "Outstanding!!!" according to John H. Bogan. I have to admit that the Kindle version is the third copy of AOFS that I own. I bought the hardcover when it first came out, because what kid on the northeast seaboard isn't interested in the naval war of 1812? .I had read teddy Roosevelt's book and enjoyed it, but Forester, with no political axe to gri
He outlines how the inexperienced U.S. navy managed to more than hold its own against that of the British, which was a scourge of the seas for many years.Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Forester covers the War of 1812 from the perspective of naval battles in this 1956 volume.
S. No one has been so well equipped as C. Forester to dramatize the sea battles of the War of 1812, to characterize the heroes more skillfully, or to comprehend more shrewdly the world unrest that made it possible for an infant republic to embarrass a great nation rich in one hundred years of sea triumphs.