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Features, Interviews, War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) November 9, 2019 November 9, 2019

This Week on Dispatches: Louis Arthur Norton on the battle between the Bonhomme Richard and Serapis

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On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews maritime historian and long-time JAR contributor Louis Arthur Norton on the celebrated battle between the Bonhomme Richard and…

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Conflict & War, People, The War Years (1775-1783) July 17, 2018 July 16, 2018

The Revolutionary War’s Most Enigmatic Naval Captain: Pierre Landais

by Louis Arthur Norton

One American Revolutionary War naval captain, Pierre Landais, appeared paranoid and somewhat deranged. Landais was a French merchantman lieutenant who trafficked arms to America…

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