Books By Jr., William M. Fowler, Anne Grimes, President & CEO, USS Constitution Museum Rand - Author

William M. Fowler, Jr. was former director of the Massachusetts Historical Society and consulting editor to The New England Quarterly. He received his undergraduate degree from Northeastern University and his PhD from the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of many books on American history, including Empires at War: The French and Indian War and the Struggle For North America, 1754–1763, Rebels Under Sail: The Navy in the Revolution, The Baron of Beacon Hill: A Biography of John Hancock, Jack Tars and Commodores: The American Navy 1783–1815, and Under Two Flags: The American Navy in the Civil War. He is also co-author of America and The Sea: A Maritime History of America. He was Professor of History at Northeastern University from 1971 to 1998 and taught a variety of courses in American history. He also taught at Mystic Seaport Museum and lectured at the Smithsonian Institution, the United States Naval War College, and the Sea Education Association. He is a member of the Massachusetts State Archives A