Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U. S. Navy

Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U. S. Navy

How "a handful of bastards and outlaws fighting under a piece of striped bunting" humbled the omnipotent British Navy.

Before the ink was dry on the U.S. Constitution, the establishment of a permanent …

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