1897. Part One of Four. With more than 400 illustrations, maps and diagrams. Contents: Origin of the American Navy; First Cruise of the Yankee Squadron; Along Shore in 1776; He Saw the Countenance of the Enemy; Under the Crags of the Tight Little Isle; John Paul Jones and the Ranger; The First Submarine Warship; Privateers of the Revolution; John Paul Jones and the Bonhomme Richard; After the Serapis Surrendered; The Year 1779 in American Waters; Building a New Navy; War with Barbary Pirates; Decatur and the Philadelphia; Hand-to-Hand with the Pirates; and Why We Fought in 1812. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. Other volumes in this set are ISBN(s): 1417918675, 1417919957, 0766196720.