America's First Flag Officer: Father of the American Navy

Thomas Williams

Aug 2008 · AuthorHouse

About this ebook

John Barry, an Irish immigrant to Philadelphia in 1760, commenced a naval career that included being victorious in thirty naval engagements verses the British. Captain Barry was credited with the first capture of a British warship. He was wounded in a ferocious sea battle, quelled three mutinies and captured over twenty ships during his career. He fought the last naval battle of the Revolutionary War.

Commodore John Barry was the First Flag Officer of the United States Navy and Father of the American Navy.

The historical fiction of John Barry's life is fun, informative, emotional, and adventurous.

About the author

The books author writes under the name of Thomas Williams. The author is a graduate of the University of South Dakota with a B.A. in Journalism. He has three books on the market, Seas of Courage, Chronicles of a Traveling Aficionado, and America's First Flag Officer. The author had written lengthy travel pieces on Europe, South America and multiple cruises in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.