Gordon S. Brown

The Captain Who Burned His Ships

Captain Thomas Tingey, USN, 1750-1829

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This is the first biography of Captain Thomas Tingey, who was a key figure in the development of the early U.S. Navy. Having come to America after a short service in the Royal Navy, Tingey contributed importantly to the growth of the American Navy, but was then obliged to burn the Washington Navy Yard in 1814 to prevent it from falling into the hands of British invaders. This is at the same time a history of the first quarter-century of the Washington Navy Yard, which Tingey commanded for that period, and of the transition of the young Navy from an object of partisan discord to an honored defender of a growing and increasingly self-confident… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-61251-044-6
EAN: 9781612510446
Produktnummer: 11189497
Verlag: Naval Institute Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 256 S.
Masse: H23.9 cm x B15.7 cm x D2.0 cm 492 g
Abbildungen: photo section
Gewicht: 492
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

Gordon S. Brown is an author and retired diplomat, whose books include Incidental Architect, about early Washington DC, Toussaint's Clause: The Founding Fathers and The Haitian Revolution, and The Norman Invasion of Southern Italy and Sicily. During a 35-year career in the US Foreign Service he was Ambassador to Mauritania 1991-94, Political Advisor to General Schwarzkopf during the first Gulf War, and Director of Arab Gulf Affairs in the State Department