A refreshing, authoritative look at American maritime history.
In this engaging account of American maritime and merchant marine history from colonial days to the present, the esteemed authors show that from 1820 on, domestic shipping on America’s coasts, rivers, and lakes outweighed shipping overseas, and that shipping drove the American economic engine and helped shape American history. Part of a series sponsored by the American Maritime History Project, Inc., this book is essential reading for American and naval history buffs.
