Coffins of the Brave

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Examines sixteen different examples of 1812-era naval and commercial shipbuilding - four small prewar vessels, four 16- or 20-gun brigs, three warships, a steamboat hull converted into an armed schooner, two gunboats, and two postwar schooners. Despite their differing degrees of preservation, each vessel reveals something about how its creators sought the best balance of strength, durability, capacity, stability, speed, weatherliness, and seaworthiness for the anticipated naval struggle on the lakes along the US-Canadian border.