he forms a level of trust and his trust, general washington looks upon john glover to solve a problem for him. gunpowder is a crucial necessary as john adams says the colonists had plenty of guns, they had no gunpowder in the british knew it. they try to disarm us through gun power. it would be the contacts at the marvel headers had with spain that brought in that crucial gunpowder that would also be a novel way that washington would try to capture more gunpowder by attacking the british stores at halifax. he needed a ship or ships to do that operation. he turned to john glover to create a navy. and the navy, which is really kind of preposterous is to take basically a fishing boat that john glover had come out that hannah, which was about 74 tons and somehow take on the greatest navy of the world. that is exactly what they did. they attacked british ships. and the story of the navy is extraordinary. it is's some of the most colorfl and american history. the red dragon that had the giant cloak,gi the red cloak tht has an incredible sense of humor. martindale who decides to out finished

john glover is a self-made man. during the french and indian war he is a cobbler and the bartender and with the money he makes from bartending and cobbling shoes, he's able to buy a ship and he is able to buy more ships and builds a fleet of ships and becomes a wealthy man within marvel head itself through trading and marvel head fortunes are made on fish. caught is the commodity in marblehead and it is a third of the economy in massachusetts in 1774. they fish the ground brinks -- the grand banks, the most precious waters in the world. it is icy and thousands of miles from boston. they sale and fish and gather fish and it is life-and-death situation against giant waves and storms but working together, marblehead is a diverse community, native americans, hispanic americans, these individuals are ahead of their time in many ways, progressive talent for its time. many indispensables: the diverse soldier-mariners who shaped the country, formed the navy, and rowed washington across the delaware" are abolitionists at the

john glover along with other members of the marblehead regiment return home to marblehead. and they form a new -- glover is made a general. he commands a new brigade, they form a new regiment. but many of the men take to the sea and they take to the sea in many cases, many of the captains, the great captains, the marblehead captains had become part of the continental navy such as john manley and tucker and their some of the greatest fighting captains of the revolutionary war and the book is filled with incredible scenes of ship to ship fighting. but also ships that are in some cases rotting tops and these men have to make repairs on the fly or they have to make their way to a small cove. there's hardly anybody there. have to drag logs out of there to make masks and everything else . it's quite extraordinary story of american ingenuity. any of them become privateers . unlike washington's navy where they were members of the army that were literally at sea area these are individuals that are private that are also earning a commission. slightly different but they are working in

and it's here that, it's john glover and eldridge gary are bringing in the main supplies of gunpowder through their contact with spain prior to the revolutionary war. as the war moves forward glover is involved in lexington and concorde. he's involved in many of the other battles. he also has the job of guarding general washington prior to the battle of bunker hill and here john glover forges a very special relationship with the commander-in-chief. he forms a level of trust and his trust, it's general washington that looks upon john glover to solve a problem for him. gunpowder is the crucial necessary as john adams says. the colonists had 28 guns, they had no gunpowder and the british knew it and theytried to disarm us through gunpowder . it would be the contact that the marble headers had with spain that brought in that crucial gunpowder but it would also be a novel way that washington would try to capture more gunpowder by attacking the british stores at halifax. so he needed a ship or ships to do that operate john glover to create a navy. and the navy which is really kind of prepos

john glover along with other members of the marblehead regimen return home to marblehead and they form a new -- glover is made a general and they form -- they form a new brigade in a new regimen and they take to the sea and in many cases many of these captains the great captains the marblehead captains had become part of the continental navy such as john manley and tucker and they are some of the greatest fighting captains of the revolutionary war and the book is filled with an incredible scene of ships that are fighting and also they have to make repairs on the fly or make theirr way to a small cove and there's hardly anybody there and they had to drag moths out it's really quite extraordinary story of american ingenuity. many of them become -- unlike washington's navy who were members of the armyy literally t sea. these are individuals that are private better of slow or earning a commission. slightly different but they are working in the employ of the massachusetts government. manyma of them died including hs son and many of them are never seen again. >> another question that is comm