01291cam a2200253 i 4500 369576038 TxAuBib 20190205120000.0 140228s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014008295 9780451416100 0451416104 (OCoLC)861673685 TxAuBib rda Give me a fast ship [BOOK/CD] : the Continental Navy and America's Revolution at sea / Tim McGrath. Continental Navy and America's Revolution at sea. New York, New York : NAL Caliber, 2014. x, 543 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier America in 1775 was on the verge of revolution-- or, more likely, disastrous defeat. After the bloodshed at Lexington and Concord, England's King George sent hundreds of ships westward to bottle up American harbors and prey on American shipping. Colonists had no force to defend their coastline and waterways until John Adams of Massachusetts proposed a bold solution: The Continental Congress should raise a navy. 20190205.