Search Results: History - War of 1812 from Blue & Grey Book Shoppe

From the front dust jacket flap: "...United States had three brilliant commanders, Rogers, Decatur, and Hull, and it was their job to keep the Constitution, the President, and the one or two other ships that made up the entire U.S. fleet busy harassing the British until a United States Navy could be built. Congress limited the great ship designer, Joshua Humphreys, to build ships no larger than frigates - with the result that he made them the best in the world and the frigate became the fighting cock of the sea."Book: Very Good- condition. Gray cloth with gilt title on upper cover. Blue label with gilt title on spine. Back cover has a partial crease near top corner. Spine edges have a slight bit of wear. Please see photos. Endpapers illustrated with black & white world map. Inscription to previous owner in pencil on front endpaper, 1957. Pages are clean - except for pages 28-29 that had a newspaper page from the Peoria Journal Star - Thurs., May 11, 1967 with unrelated stories/ads. The newspaper… Read More

From the back DJ cover: "The British Royal Navy was as big as the rest of the world's fleets combined. But in the summer of 1812, that didn't stop a handful of American sloops and frigates from challenging it yardarm to yardarm. This is the stirring story of how, in one dramatic ship duel after another, they broke the spell of British invincibility at sea, which marked the coming-of-age of the U.S. Navy.

Book - Near Fine condition. Maroon textured paper over boards with white compass graphic on front and white text on spine. Beautiful marbled end papers. Minimal wear to bottom edges/corners. Clean and tight.
Dust Jacket - Very Good- condition. Top edge has a "crinkle" on the left side of the front. Slight edge wear and tiny tear at bottom corner.
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269 pages including Index.