Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution

During the American Revolution, the US Navy was founded with the help of privateers, who were essential to the Revolution's outcome. Rebels at Sea, by best-selling historian Eric Jay Dolin, presents the American Revolution as we have rarely seen it before, with tales of daring manoeuvers and deadly encounters.

Format: Hardback
Length: 344 pages
Publication date: 29 July 2022
Publisher: WW Norton & Co

The heroic tale of the US Navy's founding during the American Revolution has been recounted numerous times, yet the diverse fleet of private vessels, ranging from 20-foot whaleboats to 40-cannon men-of-war, that truly showcased the nation's character—its ambition and entrepreneurial spirit—has often been overlooked in most maritime histories of the country's first war. In Rebels at Sea, renowned historian Eric Jay Dolin rectifies this significant oversight and argues that privateers, often perceived as mere profiteers or pirates, played a crucial role in the outcome of the American Revolution. Armed with cannons, swivel guns, muskets, and pikes, as well as government documents granting them the authority to seize enemy ships, thousands of privateers relentlessly harassed the British across the vast Atlantic and in bays and harbors on both sides of the ocean. This captivating book is filled with tales of daring maneuvers and deadly encounters, offering a fresh perspective on the American Revolution that has seldom been seen before.

Weight: 632g
Dimension: 165 x 246 x 34 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781631498251