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The Navy Reading List has been a great resource to lead me to good books. Six Frigates is the best I have read from the list yet. The book is a near tome in a single volume. Just under 500 pages the book is laborious to read, but a joy for all of it. The sub-title of the book does a great job to sum up this work – The Epic History of the Founding of The US Navy. The book starts out well, but really gets fun with the Tripolitan War (Barbary War). The battles in the book are much like reading a fiction – only better. The next big section is the War of 1812 with Britain. Mixed into to book are letters, accounts, speeches and scores of other sources. Next to the battles the politics were some of the most interesting to read. I don't think I can no any amount of justice in the review of this great book. I first found this book in audio version as abridged and new I had to read it from cover to cover.
Norm Wray
This book was a excellent review on the establishment of the U.S. Navy, and the parts played by each of the frigates. It is scholarly, but an easy read.
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Chris Warren
Loved the depth, loved the stories, and I loved that it was focused on an area of American history that isn't a popular topic to write about.