William Bell Clark, Gallant John Berry. 1st ed.
$85.00
The Birth of the U.S. Navy
Description
Gallant John Berry, 1745-1803, is William Bell Clark’s biography of a fascinating character in the founding of the United States Navy.
John Berry is among the most distinguished heroes of the Navy during the Revolutionary period, while being among the least recognized. The Irish-born patriot helped organize and outfit the new navy while also having a lifetime of seafaring adventures.
Clark shows the development of the subject into a great American amid vicissitudes that submerged most of his contemporaries. He describes his career – perilous voyages and cruises, thunderous sea fights, mutinies, insubordinations, attempted bribery, hardships and heartaches – through the slow and tortuous birth of the new navy.
Light toning; lightly sunned; light chipping of dust jacket; else very good, in dust jacket.
Clark, William Bell. GALLANT JOHN BARRY, 1745-1803: THE STORY OF A NAVAL HERO OF TWO WARS. New York: Macmillan, 1938. 1st ed., 530p., ft., illus.
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