num_pages: 318
description: 2005 Scholar's Bookshelf reprint edition. The first full-length biographical study of Barry remains fundamentalnot only to the study of his career but also thefoundation of the American navy. The work presentsunmatched, detailed accounts of his career spanning theera from the American Revolution to the first diplomatic andmilitary challenges posed by France to the Adams administration,tracing in detail his rise to high rank, his and GeorgeWashingtons cooperation and military thought, the constructionof early naval ships, including the Constitution, andhis legacy for American naval history. Reprint of the 1933edition. 2005: 318 pages, softcover.
language: English
title: Commodore John Barry; Father Of The American Navy
titlecomplete: Commodore John Barry; Father Of The American Navy
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Scholar's Bookshelf