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The remarkable story of how an earthen fort defense shielded a Southern city from the ironclad monitors of the U.S. Navy

Built out of sand and mud, Fort McAllister was designed to serve…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 Guardian of Savannah https://uscpress.com/book-post/3409226/Guardian-of-Savannah
The remarkable story of how an earthen fort defense shielded a Southern city from the ironclad monitors of the U.S. Navy

Built out of sand and mud, Fort McAllister was designed to serve…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 Promotion or the Bottom of the River https://uscpress.com/book-post/3409224/Promotion-or-the-Bottom-of-the-River
South Carolinian Alexander F. Warley (1823-1895) was an exceptional naval officer who enjoyed a robust life of far-flung adventures at sea during several dramatic periods in American maritime…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 Dead Men Tell No Tales https://uscpress.com/book-post/3409138/Dead-Men-Tell-No-Tales
A chronicle of murders, mutiny, and mayhem carried out by a real pirate of the Caribbean

Dead men tell no tales, or so the pirate maxim goes. But shortly before execution for mutiny and…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 Lewis Coolidge and the Voyage of the Amethyst, 1806-1811 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3409023/Lewis-Coolidge-and-the-Voyage-of-the-Amethyst-1806-1811
A firsthand account of a nineteenth-century sealing expedition that recalls the spirit of Herman Melville

Lewis Coolidge (1783-1871) was a nephew of Billy Dawes, the man who accompanied…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 Ironclads and Big Guns of the Confederacy https://uscpress.com/book-post/3408835/Ironclads-and-Big-Guns-of-the-Confederacy
An inside look at the Confederacy's military science and technology

Loaded with previously unavailable information about the Confederate Navy's effort to supply its fledgling forces, th…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 Ironclads and Big Guns of the Confederacy https://uscpress.com/book-post/3408680/Ironclads-and-Big-Guns-of-the-Confederacy
An inside look at the Confederacy's military science and technology

Loaded with previously unavailable information about the Confederate Navy's effort to supply its fledgling forces, th…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 The Abandoned Ocean https://uscpress.com/book-post/3408712/The-Abandoned-Ocean
A concise analysis of the decay of the merchant marine through the failed policies that have been imposed upon the industry

The Abandoned Ocean offers an in-depth appraisal of United St…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 Lewis Coolidge and the Voyage of the Amethyst, 1806-1811 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3409297/Lewis-Coolidge-and-the-Voyage-of-the-Amethyst-1806-1811
A firsthand account of a nineteenth-century sealing expedition that recalls the spirit of Herman Melville

Lewis Coolidge (1783-1871) was a nephew of Billy Dawes, the man who accompanied…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 Dead Men Tell No Tales https://uscpress.com/book-post/3408907/Dead-Men-Tell-No-Tales
A chronicle of murders, mutiny, and mayhem carried out by a real pirate of the Caribbean

Dead men tell no tales, or so the pirate maxim goes. But shortly before execution for mutiny and…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800