Truxtun of the Constellation: The Life of Commodore Thomas Truxtun, U.S. Navy, 1755-1822 - Couverture souple

Ferguson, Eugene S.

 
9780801865978: Truxtun of the Constellation: The Life of Commodore Thomas Truxtun, U.S. Navy, 1755-1822
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0801865972 ISBN 13 : 9780801865978
Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001

Synopsis

Thomas Truxtun was one of the first six captains President Washington appointed to the United States Navy in 1794. Truxtun therefore ranks with men like John Paul Jones in the development of the navy, and this biography by Eugene Ferguson seeks to supply a full account of his eventful life and career. Ferguson tells the exciting story of a patriot who started as a teenager merchant seaman, won command of his own ship, and became a privateer in the Revolutionary War. After the Revolution, he made four voyages to the Far East in the burgeoning China trade. He commanded the ship that brought Benjamin Franklin home to America from his ambassadorship to France. The greatest period of Truxtun's career - and the source of his importance as a historical figure - came when he served as captain of the original "Constellation", whose construction he oversaw in Baltimore. He commanded this historic frigate from the time she was launched in 1797 until her return from the undeclared naval war with France and the defeat of the heavier-armed "La Vengeance" in 1800. First published by the Johns Hopkins University Press in 1956, Ferguson's lively account describes the early problems and triumphs in the fledgling navy, the battle glories, and the professional and personal squabbles that helped to explain Truxtun's resignation in 1802.

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À propos de l'auteur

Eugene S. Ferguson is a professor emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Delaware. Michael J. Crawford is the head of the Early History Branch at the Naval Historical Center in Washington, D.C.

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Éditeur
Johns Hopkins University Press
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0801865972
ISBN 13 
9780801865978
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
352
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780801801952: Truxtun of the Constellation: The Life of Commodore Thomas Truxtun, U.S. Navy, 1755-1822

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0801801958 ISBN 13 :  9780801801952
Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1956
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