Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Tuchman, Barbara W.

The first salute Barbara W. Tuchman - New York Alfred A. Knopf 1988 - 347 p

"Here the sovereignty of the United States of America was first acknowledged" --
The golden rock --
Beggars of the sea : the Dutch ascendancy --
"The maddest idea in the world" : an American navy --
Buccaneer : the Baltimore hero --
The Dutch and the English : another war --
Enter Admiral Rodney --
The French intervention --
Low point of the Revolution --
"A successful battle may give us America" --
The critical moment --
Last chance : the Yorktown campaign --
Epilogue.

A view of the American Revolution

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Revolution--United States--1775-1783--Naval operations
Revolution--United States--1775-1783--Campaigns

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