Naval Occurrences of the War of 1812

Naval Occurrences of the War of 1812
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Download or read book Naval Occurrences of the War of 1812 written by William James and published by Conway. This book was released on 2004 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William James, a lawyer-turned-historian, was not convinced by the American accounts. He applied himself to assembling the facts and proved that, despite the 'powder puff' history of American writers, 'no American ship of war has, after all, captured a British ship of war, of the same force; but the reverse has occurred, and might have occurred again, and again, - had Americans been as willing to fight, as they still are to boast'.


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