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050 00 $aE353.1.M2$bS53 2003
082 00 $a973.5/25/092$aB$221
100 1 $aSkaggs, David Curtis.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82112960
245 10 $aThomas Macdonough :$bmaster of command in the early U.S. Navy /$cDavid Curtis Skaggs.
260 $aAnnapolis, Md. :$bNaval Institute Press,$c[2003], ©2003.
300 $axix, 257 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, maps, portraits ;$c24 cm.
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337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aLibrary of naval biography
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 231-246) and index.
505 0 $aNaval heritage -- Preparation for command -- Lake Champlain, 1812-1813 -- Lake Champlain, 1814 -- The battle of Plattsburgh Bay -- Life ashore -- Cruise of the Guerrie︡re -- Life's final cruise.
520 1 $a"The 11 September 1814 triumph of an American naval squadron over a much more heavily armed British squadron on Lake Champlain is considered to be the most significant tactical and strategic naval victory of the United States in the War of 1812. Yet the American who led the squadron, Commo. Thomas Macdonough, is a largely forgotten hero.
520 8 $aIn this work, historian David Skaggs rectifies the oversight by presenting a well-researched and detailed account not only of Macdonough's brilliant actions in the battle, but also the whole of this remarkable sailor's life. Not since the commodore's grandson wrote about him in 1909 has anyone explored Macdonough's career so thoroughly. Unlike that early, uncritical look at the naval leader, this study offers a balanced view of Macdonough's professional career and character.
520 8 $aThe work also explores the art of naval command in the age of fighting sail and tells how Macdonough received training in naval leadership and applied those lessons at Lake Champlain."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aMacdonough, Thomas,$d1783-1825.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86111178
650 0 $aAdmirals$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100645
610 10 $aUnited States.$bNavy$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140879
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yWar of 1812$xNaval operations.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100186
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory, Military$yTo 1900.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140339
830 0 $aLibrary of naval biography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99025660
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