Ebook: If By Sea: the Forging of the American Navy--from the Revolution to the War of 1812

Title Page; Praise; Dedication; Epigraph; The Sails Of A Square-Rigged Ship; Introduction; 1 -- Whaleboats And Men-Of-War; 2 -- Launching The Continental Navy; 3 -- Battles In Charleston, New York, And New Jersey; 4 -- Saratoga And Philadelphia; 5 -- The French Alliance; 6 -- Denouement; 7 -- A New Republic; 8 -- Washington And The Federal Navy; 9 -- John Adams Builds A Navy; 10 -- The Quasi-War With France; 11 -- The Navy Under Jefferson; 12 -- Peaceful Coercion; 13 -- War Clouds; 14 -- The Navy Surprises; 15 -- The Navy Established; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Source Notes; Bibliography; Index.;From Boston Harbor to Yorktown; from wars with France and Tripoli to the dramatic Battle of Lake Champlain in the War of 1812, the definitive history of the creation of the American Navy.