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Prize-winning historian Daughan tells the thrilling story of how a few heroic captains and their stalwart crews overcame spectacular odds to lead the country to victory against the world's greatest imperial power. "1812" is the first complete account in more than a century of how the U.S. Navy rescued the fledgling nation and secured America's future.
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A few months after the outbreak of the War of 1812, Captain David Porter set out in the USS Essex on an epic, seventeen-month cruise to the South Seas. Porter was pursuing fame and riches, and by most accounts his odyssey was a stunning success: it brought glory to the fledgling American navy, cemented Porter's reputation as a daring and talented commander, and has long been celebrated as one of the greatest maritime adventures in U.S. history....
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