Eric Dolin published Rebels At Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution on May 31 with Liveright, an imprint of W. W. Norton. The heroic story of the founding of the U.S. Navy during the Revolution has been told before, yet missing from most maritime histories of America’s first war is the ragtag fleet of private vessels that truly revealed the new nation’s character, above all its ambition and entrepreneurial ethos. Rebels at Sea corrects that significant omission and contends that privateers, though often seen as profiteers at best and pirates at worst, were in fact critical to the revolution’s outcome. Abounding with tales of daring maneuvers and deadly encounters, Rebels at Sea presents the American Revolution as we have rarely seen it before. To see where Eric will be speaking, please visit https://www.ericjaydolin.com/events.
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Class of 1983