Captains contentious
Subtitle: the dysfunctional sons of the brine
By: Louis Arthur Norton.
Series: Studies in maritime history
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Columbia, S.C
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9781570038075
Subjects: United States. -- Continental Navy -- Biography; Ship captains -- United States -- Biography; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Naval operations
Genres: Biography.
Description: Norton surveys the lives and military accomplishments of five captains in the nascent Continental Navy, investigating how their personality flaws both hindered their careers and enhanced their heroics in Revolutionary War combat. --from publisher description
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Maritime naval service during the Revolutionary War; title: The Continental Army commodore; title: The Army privateer; title: The Naval patrician; title: The lieutenant commodore; title: Captain Paul; title: Issues of leadership, personality, and psychology.