{"product_id":"knights-of-the-sea-the-true-story-of-the-boxer-and-the-enterprise-and-the-war-of-1812-9780451239204","title":"Knights of the Sea: The True Story of the Boxer and the Enterprise and the War of 1812","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn a September day in 1813, as citizens watched from the rocky shore of Pemaquid, Maine, two of the last and bravest military sailing commanders engaged in a battle that would change the course of the War of 1812...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSamuel Blyth was the youthful commander of His Britannic Majesty's brig \u003ci\u003eBoxer\u003c\/i\u003e, and William Burrows, younger still, commanded the USS \u003ci\u003eEnterprise\u003c\/i\u003e. Both men valued honor above all, and on this day their commitment would be put to the ultimate test. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThough it lasted less than an hour, the battle between the \u003ci\u003eBoxer\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eEnterprise\u003c\/i\u003e was a brutal contest whose outcome was uncertain. When the cannon smoke cleared, good men had been lost, and the U.S. Navy's role in the war had changed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eKnights of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, David Hanna brings to life a lost era, paying tribute to the young commanders who considered it the highest honor to harness the wind to meet their foes, and would be immortalized by the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The only major naval battle of the War of 1812, the battle between the \u003ci\u003eBoxer\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eEnterprise\u003c\/i\u003e came to represent not only a military turning point, but a maritime era that would soon be gone forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINCLUDES PHOTOS AND MAPS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Hanna\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dutton Caliber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.88h x 5.96w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780451239204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Hanna\u003c\/b\u003e teaches history at Stuyvesant High School in New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dutton Caliber","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40846668497011,"sku":"9.78045E+12","price":26.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_2f64673a-1178-4cfd-8459-d0fad0db9d88.jpg?v=1686144523","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/knights-of-the-sea-the-true-story-of-the-boxer-and-the-enterprise-and-the-war-of-1812-9780451239204","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}