Captains contentious : the dysfunctional sons of the brine / Louis Arthur Norton.

Author/Creator:

Norton, Louis A.

Publication:

Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, c2009.

Series:

Studies in maritime history.
Studies in maritime history

Format/Description:

Book
x, 185 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

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.

Contents:

Maritime naval service during the Revolutionary War
The Continental Army commodore : John Manley
The Army privateer : Silas Talbot
The Naval patrician : Dudley Saltonstall
The lieutenant commodore : Joshua Barney
Captain Paul : John Paul Jones
Issues of leadership, personality, and psychology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-170) and index.

ISBN:

9781570038075 (cloth : alk. paper)
1570038074 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

273823920

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