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If you want a great winter read try "Six Frigates" by Ian Toll. The book is about the beginning of the US Navy and the building of the first US frigates.
The book explains a lot about the way the American people are and the crazy things we did. It shows how many things haven't changed from our early days. The chapter on how one of our ships breaks free from the English blockade of New York and sails over to England and captures a town is just perfect.
Never understood just how huge the American merchant fleet was when the country was founded. Also contains some good stories on the USS Constitution which was one of the first six.
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