The long road to Annapolis: the founding of the Naval Academy and the emerging American republic
United States history, War, Science and technology, Politics and government, General non-fiction
Human-narrated audio
Summary
Chronicles the 1845 founding of the U.S. Naval Academy by secretary of the Navy George Bancroft. Examines the national debate that led to the institution's founding forty-three years after a school for army officers was created at West Point in 1802. 2010
Title Details
ISBN
9780807833834
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Copyright Date
2010
Book number
4416278
Audio details for CELA title
Narrator
Michael Scherer
Duration
11 hours 56 minutes
Audio producer
Potomac Talking Book Services