Captains Contentious: The Dysfunctional Sons of the Brine (Studies in Maritime History) - Hardcover

Norton, Louis Arthur

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1570038074 ISBN 13: 9781570038075

Publisher: University of South Carolina Press, 2009

Synopsis

The American War of Independence was won as much at sea as on land, an achievement due in part to a remarkable quintet of naval commanders: John Manley, Silas Talbot, Dudley Saltonstall, Joshua Barney and John Paul Jones. Yet these men were anything but flawless heroes, as this gripping psychological history, punctuated by fast-paced naval battles, reveals. Arrogant and quarrelsome, they disobeyed their government and antagonized their fellow officers, while their lust for glory often brought them to the brink of disaster. Felt-tip mark on upper trimmed edge.

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About the Author:

A native of the old seaport of Gloucester, Massachusetts, Louis Arthur Norton is a professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut. Norton writes frequently on maritime history topics, and he was awarded the 2002 and 2006 Gerald E. Morris Prizes for maritime historiography for articles published in the Log of Mystic Seaport. His previous books are Joshua Barney: Hero of the Revolution and 1812, Sailors' Folk Art under Glass: A Story of Ships-in-Bottles, and the children's book New England's Stormalong.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1570038074
• ISBN 13: 9781570038075
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192