Title: Jack tars and commodores :
Authors: Fowler, William M.,
Date: 1984
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin,
Physical description: xiii, 318 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: V
Contents: Troubles Ahead -- "Congress Founds the Navy" -- War with an Old Friend -- Dancing and Wenching in the Mediterranean -- Preble Takes Charge -- "To the Shores of Tripoli" -- Men at Sea -- Toward War -- 1812: A Year of Great Victories -- 1813: A More Sober Time -- Perry and Macdonough -- 1814: The War Ends -- Unfinished Business and Peace -- Appendix: Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Navy of the United States -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): United States--History--1797-1801.; United States. Navy--History--18th century.; United States. Navy--History--19th century.; United States. Navy--History--Tripolitan War, 1801-1805.; United States. Navy--History--War of 1812.