On Wide Seas: The US Navy in the Jacksonian Era

by Claude Berube

Book Overview

A meticulously researched account of how the US Navy evolved between the War of 1812 and the Civil War

The 1830s is an overlooked period in American naval history and is usually overshadowed by the more dramatic War of 1812 and the Civil War. Nevertheless, the personnel, operations, technologies, policies, and vision of the Navy of that era, which was emerging from the "Age of Sail," are important components of its evolution,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817361898
• ISBN13: 9780817361891
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"