"A meticulous, adrenaline-filled account of the earliest days of the Continental Navy."--New York Times Bestselling Author Laurence Bergreen

America in 1775 was on the verge of revolution--or, more likely, disastrous defeat. After the bloodshed at Lexington and Concord, England's King George sent hundreds of ships westward to bottle up American harbors and prey on American shipping. Colonists had no force to defend their coastline and waterways until John Adams of Massachusetts proposed a bold...