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David Glasgow Farragut: Admiral in the Making

David Glasgow Farragut: Admiral in the Making

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Military Biographies19th Century United States HistoryCivil War Period (1850-1877)

Publisher Price: $38.95

ISBN10: 1591144159
ISBN13: 9781591144151
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: Apr 18 2014
Pages: 396
Weight: 1.70
Height: 1.40 Width: 5.90 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The first volume of Lewis' masterful biography of David Glasgow Farragut's long career in the U.S, Navy covers his life before the Civil War. Farragut served with Captain David Porter in the USS Essex; cruised in the Mediterranean; hunted pirates in the Caribbean; almost died of yellow fever; observed the French bombardment of Vera Cruz; sailed into Buenos Aires, Montevideo, and Rio de Janeiro when revolution threatened those cities; fought in the Mexican War; and commanded the steam sloop of war Brooklyn. During these years he slowly rose from midshipman to captain, then to the highest rank in the United States Navy.

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