Commodore John Barry Father of the American Navy

2005 Scholar's Bookshelf reprint edition. The first full-length biographical study of Barry remains fundamental notonly to the study of his career but also the foundation of the American navy. The work presents unmatched, detailed accounts of his career spanning the era from the American Revolution to the first diplomatic and military challengesposed by France to the Adams administration, tracing in detail his rise to high rank, his and George Washington's cooperation and military thought, the constructionof early naval ships, including the Constitution, and his legacy for American naval history. Reprint of the 1933 edition. 2005: 318 pages, softcover.Gurn, Joseph is the author of 'Commodore John Barry Father of the American Navy', published 2006 under ISBN 9780945726722 and ISBN 0945726724.