Title: The Salem frigate
First published: 1946
Description: Uptight doctor and roguish carpenter play out their rivalry over the same women in the US Navy of 1798-1815, centered on the frigate Essex, which they helped build. During the course of the story both serve on the Essex during its first voyage, the Philadelphia during the Barbary Wars and the Essex again in the War of 1812.
Subjects: Fiction, History, United States War of 1812, United States Tripolitan War, 1801-1805, Books, Reviews
Places: United States
Time periods: Tripolitan War, 1801-1805, War of 1812