Perilous Fight: America's Intrepid War With Britain on the High Seas, 1812-1815 [1st Vintage books ed] 9780307595188, 9780307270696, 0307595188

From Publishers Weekly The deservedly overshadowed War of 1812 was redeemed by heroics at sea, according to this rousing

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Perilous Fight: America's Intrepid War With Britain on the High Seas, 1812-1815 [1st Vintage books ed]
9780307595188, 9780307270696, 0307595188

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