![]() ![]() The USS 'Chesapeake' was considered an unlucky ship because of her reputation. ![]() Seamen of the time were notoriously superstitious and had a dozen or more ideas of how to bring a wind, keep away bad luck, and so on. Some captains use underhanded methods to try to win naval battles "war by pillaging" is employed political intrigue factors in and matters like the impressment (or seizing men and forcing them into the Navy) of Americans onto British ships and the desertion of British sailors to American ships plays a part in the rise of the War of 1812. He also takes a very fair and unbiased look at the War of 1812 from the British perspective, which was nice. Many of the characters are selfish, egotistical, and fond of picking fights with each other, but Toll recounts the facts as they are and, though he never actively condemns them, does not support these traits. The harassment of American merchant ships on the high seas calls for the founding of a military navy, and from their building to the War of 1812, Toll follows the famed six frigates - the USS Constitution, President, United States, Constellation, Congress, and Chesapeake.Īs this is a history, morality is never addressed point-blank. Starting in 1805 with Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson's victory at the Battle of Trafalgar and showing the might of the British Royal Navy at this time soon after the American War of Independence, author Ian Toll then moves his focus to the young colonies. ![]() An engaging and smooth history of the founding of the U.S. ![]()
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