Sir Samuel Hood and the Battle of the Chesapeake

by Colin Pengelly

"This is a carefully researched, judiciously considered, and well-crafted study of the most important and the most controversial naval battle for winning American Independence."--Michael Duffy, University of Exeter The Siege of Yorktown--the military engagement that ended the American Revolutionary War--would not have been possible without the French fleet's major strategic victory in the Battle of the Chesapeake on September 5, 1781. It was during...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813033136
• ISBN13: 9780813033136
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.4"