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    <body><![CDATA[I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book.  The history of our country's growth as an economic player and power is linked to the history of our navy.  The original appropriation for the six vessels was extremely controversial at the time.  There were may in our country, especially those whose livelihoo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52631363">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As am armchair admiral, I have learned that amateurs discuss tactics, while the professionals discuss logistics.  This book has both.  We learn how various sea battles were fought but also the events that lead up to them.<br/>My emotions and feelings pendulummed while reading the book.<br/><br/>A...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44935640">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Spellbinding - couldn't wait to read more!  <br/><br/>The history I learned was much better than any jr. high class.  The political maneuvering required to build and maintain these ships was intriguing.  The book described an all-too human side of the fledgling US gov't and the personalities invol...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40753336">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Six Frigates&quot; by Ian Toll is more than your average book on The War of 1812.  Usually such books are packed with many good chapters describing frigate actions and the exploits of various sloops and brigs, all exciting stuff. But Toll takes a detour here, placing early naval history within...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38071295">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a historical book, not a novel, so my interest is in the amount of history I learned from it.  For example, I was quite surprised to discover that the U.S. used to pay tribute to the kingdoms of the Barbary coast so they wouldn't pirate our merchant ships, also that there was a very strong p...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22538920">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I listened to this on audio CD so perhaps some of my criticism would have been mitigated by reading the book, or perhaps it would have been even more substantial. <br/><br/>There were portions of this that were really interesting, including some of the sea battles, but overall it was very uneven. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19340787">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you like Patrick O'Brian's novels about the Napoleonic Wars then you'll be fascinated by this. My review at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://nortspews.blogspot.com/2008/10/six-frigates.html" title="http://nortspews.blogspot.com/2008/10/six-frigates.html">http://nortspews.blogspot.com/2008/10/si...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The very interesting story of the founding of the U.S. Navy is an excellent illustration of the early growth of the nation as a whole.  Well told.]]></body>
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