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[Illustration: "_OLD IRONSIDES_"
The old frigate _Constitution_ as she appears today in her snug
berth at the Boston Navy Yard where she is preserved as an
historical relic.
Photograph by N. L. Stebbins, Boston.]
THE FIGHT FOR A FREE SEA
A CHRONICLE OF THE WAR OF 1812
BY RALPH D. PAINE
[Illustration]
VOLUME 17
THE CHRONICLES OF AMERICA SERIES
ALLEN JOHNSON, EDITOR
1920
CONTENTS
I. "ON TO CANADA!"
II. LOST GROUND REGAINED
III. PERRY AND LAKE ERIE
IV. EBB AND FLOW ON THE NORTHERN FRONT
V. THE NAVY ON BLUE WATER
VI. MATCHLESS FRIGATES AND THEIR DUELS
VII. "DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP!"
VIII. THE LAST CRUISE OF THE ESSEX
IX. VICTORY ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN
X. PEACE WITH HONOR
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
INDEX
ILLUSTRATIONS
"OLD IRONSIDES"
The old frigate _Constitution_ as she appears today in her snug berth at
the Boston Navy Yard where she is preserved as an historical relic.
Photograph by N. L. Stebbins, Boston.
THE THEATRE OF OPERATIONS IN THE WAR OF 1812
Map by W. L. G. Joerg, American Geographical Society.
OLIVER HAZARD PERRY AT THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE
Painting by J. W. Jarvis. In the City Hall, New York, owned by the
Corporation. Reproduced by courtesy of the Municipal Art Commission of
the City of New York.
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