Give Me a Fast Ship: The Continental Navy and America's Revolution at Sea
- ISBN-10
- 0451416112
- ISBN-13
- 9780451416117
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 543
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-07-07
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- Tim McGrath
Description
America in 1775 was on the verge of revolution - or, more likely, disastrous defeat. After England's King George sent hundreds of ships to bottle up American harbours and prey on American shipping, John Adams of Massachusetts proposed a bold solution: The Continental Congress should raise a navy. Meticulously researched and masterfully told, this is the definitive history of the American Navy during the Revolutionary War.
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