Download or read book By Force of Arms written by James L. Nelson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2003 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blending a seasoned mariner's expertise, a historian's attention to period detail, and a natural storyteller's gift for creating a cast of vivid characters, James L. Nelson brings to dazzling life a never-before-seen side of America's war for independence. Here is the conflict from the seaman's view, full of the sights, sounds, and sensations of the ocean - and of the thunder of cannons as the new world's freedom fighters vie for liberty.