“The book is a welcome and valuable minor contribution to the history of the world war. The numerous and excellent illustrations greatly add to its attractiveness.” E: Breck
+ Am Hist R 26:371 Ja ’21 280w Booklist 17:108 D ’20 + Boston Transcript p6 Ag 25 ’20 600w
“The author has collected and selected his official and unofficial documents with praiseworthy skill, and the result is a swift-flowing narrative, written in an easy style, that will prove interesting to sailor and landsman alike.” B. R. Redman
+ N Y Times p16 Ag 29 ’20 3200w + Springf’d Republican p8 S 9 ’20 310w
PAINE, RALPH DELAHAYE. Fight for a free sea; a chronicle of the war of 1812. (Chronicles of America ser.) il per ser of 50v *$250 Yale univ. press 973.5
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“This volume is concerned with our War of 1812, the chief episodes of which are related by Ralph D. Paine under the title, ‘The fight for a free sea.’ The book has special chapters on Perry and Lake Erie, The navy on blue water, Matchless frigates and their duels, and Victory on Lake Champlain.”—R of Rs
Reviewed by D. R. Anderson
+ Am Hist R 26:112 O ’20 300w