LEADER 00000nim a22005295a 4500 003 MWT 005 20191125052544.0 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 160515s2006 xxunnn es i n eng d 020 9780743565295 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 0743565290 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ sas_9780743565295_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT11639661 037 11639661|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 082 04 359.00973/09033|222 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Toll, Ian W. 245 10 Six frigates :|bthe epic history of the founding of the U.S. Navy|h[Hoopla electronic resource] /|cIan W. Toll. 250 Abridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bSimon & Schuster Audio,|c2006. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (420 min.)) :|bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 0 Read by Stephen Lang. 520 Before the ink was dry on the Constitution of the United States, the establishment of a permanent military had become the most divisive issue facing the young republic. Would a standing army be the thin end of dictatorship? Would a navy protect American commerce from the vicious depredations of the Barbary pirates, or would it drain the treasury and provoke hostilities with the great powers? How large a navy would suffice? The founders -- particularly Jefferson, Hamilton, Madison, and Adams -- debated these questions fiercely and switched sides more than once. In 1794, President Washington signed legislation authorizing the construction of six heavy frigates. The unique combination of power, speed and tactical versatility -- smaller than a battleship and larger than a sloop -- that all navies sent on their most daring missions. It was the first great appropriation of federal money and the first demonstration of the power of the new central government, calling for the creation of entirely new domestic industries, and the extraction of natural resources from the backwoods of Maine to the uninhabited coastal islands of Georgia. From the complicated politics of the initial decision, through the cliffhanger campaign against Tripoli, to the war that shook the world in 1812, Ian W. Toll tells this grand tale with the political insight of Founding Brothers and a narrative flair worthy of Patrick O'Brian. In the words of Henry Adams, the 1812 encounter between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere "raised the United States in one half hour to the rank of a first class power in the world." 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 610 10 United States.|bNavy|xHistory|y18th century. 610 10 United States.|bNavy|xHistory|y19th century. 650 0 Frigates|zUnited States|xHistory|y18th century. 650 0 Frigates|zUnited States|xHistory|y19th century. 651 0 United States|xHistory|yTripolitan War, 1801-1805|xNaval operations. 651 0 United States|xHistory|yWar of 1812|xNaval operations. 651 0 United States|xHistory, Naval|y18th century. 651 0 United States|xHistory, Naval|y19th century. 700 1 Lang, Stephen. 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 11639661?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ sas_9780743565295_180.jpeg