The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 - The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17
Paine, Ralph Delahaye, 1871-1925
English
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"OLD IRONSIDES"
The old frigate Constitution as she appears today in her snugberth at the Boston Navy Yard where she is preserved as anhistorical relic.
Photograph by N. L. Stebbins, Boston.
THE FIGHT FOR A FREE SEA
A CHRONICLE OF THE WAR OF 1812
BY RALPH D. PAINE
VOLUME 17
THE CHRONICLES OF AMERICA SERIES
ALLEN JOHNSON, EDITOR
1920
CONTENTS
I. "ON TO CANADA!"
II. LOST GROUND REGAINED
III. PERRY AND LAKE ERIE
IV. EBB AND FLOW ON THE NORTHERN FRONT
V. THE NAVY ON BLUE WATER
VI. MATCHLESS FRIGATES AND THEIR DUELS
VII. "DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP!"
VIII. THE LAST CRUISE OF THE ESSEX
IX. VICTORY ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN
X. PEACE WITH HONOR
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
INDEX
ILLUSTRATIONS
"OLD IRONSIDES"
The old frigate Constitution as she appears today in her snug berth atthe Boston Navy Yard where she is preserved as an historical relic.Photograph by N. L. Stebbins, Boston.
THE THEATRE OF OPERATIONS IN THE WAR OF 1812
Map by W. L. G. Joerg, American Geographical Society.
OLIVER HAZARD PERRY AT THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE
Painting by J. W. Jarvis. In the City Hall, New York, owned by theCorporation. Reproduced by courtesy of the Municipal Art Commission ofthe City of New York.
ISAAC CHAUNCEY
Painting in the Comptroller's Office, City Hall, New York, owned by theCorporation. Reproduced by courtesy of the Municipal Art Commission ofthe City of New York.
COMMODORE STEPHEN DECATUR
Painting by Thomas Sully, 1811. In the Comptroller's Office, owned bythe City of New York. Reproduced by courtesy of the Art Commission ofthe City of New York.
CONSTITUTION AND GUERRIÈRE
An old print, illustrating the moment in the action at which the
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