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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Lefkowitz, Arthur S.     Subjects     Bushnell, David, 1740-     Bushnell, David, 1740- Bushnell's submarine, the best-kept secret of the American Revolution.     Submarines (Ships) -- United States -- History -- 18th century.     Submarine warfare -- United States -- History -- 18th century.     United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Naval operations.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Lefkowitz, Arthur S.       by title:      The American Turtle ...         MARC Display

The American Turtle Submarine : [the best-kept secret of the American Revolution] / Arthur S. Lefkowitz. by Lefkowitz, Arthur S. Gretna, LA : Pelican Pub Co, 2012. Subjects Bushnell, David, 1740-   Bushnell, David, 1740- Bushnell's submarine, the best-kept secret of the American Revolution.   Submarines (Ships) -- United States -- History -- 18th century.   Submarine warfare -- United States -- History -- 18th century.   United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Naval operations. ISBN:  9781455616312 (hc.) 1455616311 (hc.) Description:  136 pages : illustrations, maps, portrait ; 20 cm Edition:  1st Pelican ed. Requests:  0 Summary:  Few people realize that the first submarine was invented by a civilian during the American Revolution. A Yale graduate with no naval experience, David Bushnell set out to find a way of competing with the famed Royal Navy. He used books from the university's library and experimented in a shed behind his house until America's first underwater craft was launched on September 6, 1776, with the intent of attaching explosives to the HMS Eagle, flagship of the British fleet, docked in New York Harbor. --from back cover.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Salt Lake-Moanalua Public Library J -- Juvenile Nonfiction 973.35 Le Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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