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• Good reviews, as always. Here are a few other books about the American Navy (such as it was) in the American Revolutionary War, one of which extends to the War of 1812 and one of which deals mainly with the French-British naval battle preceding the Siege of Yorktown. I cannot comment about them, however, as I have not read them through. I have read some comments about the first one, by George Daughan, being quite good.
  • Daughan, George C. If By Sea: The Forging of the American Navy – From the Revolution to the War of 1812. New York: Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, 2008. ISBN 978-0465-02514-5.
  • McGrath, Tim. Give Me A Fast Ship: The Continental Navy and America's Revolution at Sea. New York: NAL Caliber, 2014. ISBN 978-0-451-41610-0.
  • Nelson, James L. George Washington's Great Gamble: And the Sea Battle That Won the American Revolution. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2010. ISBN 978-0-07-162679-8.
    • The Sea Battle that Won the American Revolution was the Battle of the Chesapeake or Battle of the Capes which preceded the American victory at the Siege of Yorktown.
  • Nelson, James L. George Washington's Secret Navy: How the American Revolution Went to Sea. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008. ISBN 978-0-07-149389-5.
• Donner60 (talk) 23:14, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
  • Thank you for this. Nick-D (talk) 00:20, 30 August 2021 (UTC)