Privateers of the Revolution: War on the New Jersey Coast, 1775-1783

摘要

Don Shomette has written the consummate reference on American privateers-both Patriot and Loyalist-who sailed the waters between Boston and the Virginia Capes during the American War for Independence. This tome is much more than just a reference book, it is the story of the players in the struggle for independence whose major participants were the men and the ships of the private armed fleet. The waters between New York Harbor and Cape Henlopen in Delaware saw the lion's share of the action, and the ports along the New Jersey coast-now summer vacation destinations-were hotbeds of the insurrection, busy with prizes being unloaded and their goods sold.