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| Publication | 1958 | Price: 0.00 FREE | Pages: 1 |
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| Cover | The Daring And Diplomacy That Built A Great Nation And Navy |
| Featuring | Sailor |
| Content | Genre: History | Characters: American sailor |
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| Illustration | Sail And Rigging Plan Constitution (1 page) |
| Featuring | U.S. Constitution |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | On inside front cover. |
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| Comic Story | Launching The U.S. Navy (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Faced with merchant depredation by the Barbary pirates, the United States builds a navy to oppose them. |
| Credits | Script: Theodore Roscoe? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: History | Characters: American seamen; Barbary pirates; George Washington; John Adams; Thomas Jefferson |
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| Comic Story | Thomas Truxtun (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Under Truxton's leadership, America's new frigates best French vessels in several ship-to-ship encounters. |
| Featuring | Thomas Truxtun |
| Credits | Script: Theodore Roscoe? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History; Military | Characters: Thomas Truxton; Midshipman Jarvis; American sailors |
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| Comic Story | The Tripolitan War (1 page) |
| Synopsis | The U. S. squadron fighting Tripoli gets off to a good start under Preble, but soon loses U.S.S. Philadelphia. |
| Credits | Script: Theodore Roscoe? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: History | Characters: Edward Preble; Bashaw of Tripoli; American sailors; Barbary pirates |
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| Comic Story | Stephen Decatur (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Decatur leads a valiant raid that destroys the captured frigate Philadelphia, then goes on to continued distinction. |
| Featuring | Stephen Decatur |
| Credits | Script: Theodore Roscoe? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History; Military | Characters: Edward Preble; Stephen Decatur; Bashaw of Tripoli; Reuben James; American sailors; Barbary pirates |
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| Comic Story | The War Of 1812 (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Though heavily outnumbered, the U. S. Navy prepares for war against Britain. |
| Credits | Script: Theodore Roscoe? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History; Military | Characters: American sailors; British sailors; James Madison |
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| Comic Story | Constitution Downs Guerriere (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | U.S.S. Constitution wrecks H.M.S. Guerriere in a ship-to-ship battle. Other single vessels also perform well. |
| Credits | Script: Theodore Roscoe? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History; Military | Characters: Captain Isaac Hull; Captain Dacres; American sailors; British sailors; Jacob Jones; Stephen Decatur; William Bainbridge |
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| Comic Story | James Lawrence (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Lawrence loses a battle, his ship, and his life in a ship-to-ship duel. |
| Credits | Script: Thomas Roscoe? |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History; Military | Characters: Captain Philip Broke; Captain James Lawrence; British soldiers; American soldiers |
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| Comic Story | David Porter (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Porter does well on his Pacific mission, but is finally defeated by superior forces. |
| Featuring | David Porter |
| Credits | Script: Theodore Roscoe? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History; Military | Characters: David Porter; American sailors |
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| Comic Story | Oliver Hazard Perry (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Perry defeats the British in the Battle of Lake Erie, and Macdonough does the same in the Battle of Lake Champlain. |
| Featuring | Oliver Hazard Perry |
| Credits | Script: Theodore Roscoe? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History; Military | Characters: Oliver Hazard Perry; Thomas Macdonough; Stephen Decatur; American sailors; British sailors |
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| Comic Story | Naval Inventions 1812 (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Fulton builds a submarine, a torpedo boat, and the world's first steam-powered warship. |
| Credits | Script: Theodore Roscoe? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History; Military | Characters: Robert Fulton; American sailors |
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| Illustration | Some Major Naval Actions In The War Of 1812 (1 page) |
| Featuring | Map |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | On back cover. |
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