Just received three "new" books in the mail that I got off eBay at a bargain price:

The Commodores: The U.S. Navy in the Age of Sail by Leonard F. Guttridge and Jay D. Smith, Harper and Row, 1969

Nothing Too Daring: A Biography of Commodore David Porter 1783-1843 by David F. Long, United States Naval Institute, 1970

Commodore John Rodgers 1773-1838 by Charles Oscar Paullin, United States Naval Institute, 1909/1967

At first glance they appear to be full of information that I have not seen in other books. I'll post reveiws when Keith gets the book reveiw section set up. Until then I have a lot of reading to do.