Featuring the accounts of twenty-five ill-starred vessels -- some notorious and some forgotten until now -- this anthology provides a fascinating history of a l

Although one of the smallest of the fifty states, in many ways Maryland is the United States in miniature, bringing together and exemplifying the diverse elemen

Stephen Redden is believed to have been born about 1745 in Somerset County, Maryland. He is probably the son of John Redden and Betty. Stephen died ca. 25 Janua

A detailed look at the American Revolutionary War as an Atlantic-wide conflict. While many books have been written on the naval history of the Revolution, this