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(More customer reviews)I have just finished reading this book, and although I have never written a book review before I feel compelled to write a few lines of praise about "JOHN BARRY: An American Hero in the Age of Sail". The history of the American Navy at sea during the Revolutionary War is a subject I know little about, except for, of course, John Paul Jones. This book is very well researched by Tim McGrath; it may be his first book but I hope it is not his last. The writing is superb and the descriptive naratives of raging storms at sea as well as numerous sea battles engaged in by Barry are [honest to God] suspenseful and literally kept me on the edge of my seat. [Historical biographies do not normally affect me in this fashion.] The fact that the first sea battle, as well as the last, of the Revolutionary War at sea was won by an American Navy vessel captained by John Barry says much about this unknown hero. However, Barry was very well known, in his day, for his sailing and fighting prowess and, in fact, was appointed by President George Washington as the first commissioned officer in the new United States Navy.
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