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Trailblazer: The U.S. Navy's First Black Admiral
Vice Admiral Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Usn
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Description for Trailblazer: The U.S. Navy's First Black Admiral
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
A Navy pioneer, Vice Adm. Samuel Gravely was the first African American to be commissioned an officer in the U.S. Navy, the first to command a Navy ship, the first to command a fleet, and the first to become an admiral. In this memoir, co-written by the noted naval historian Paul Stillwell, he describes his life from boyhood in Richmond, Virginia, through his enlisted service on a World War II submarine chaser, to later tours of duty at sea and ashore. Denied housing and even jailed for impersonating an officer, Gravely recounts his efforts to overcome both cultural ... Read more
A Navy pioneer, Vice Adm. Samuel Gravely was the first African American to be commissioned an officer in the U.S. Navy, the first to command a Navy ship, the first to command a fleet, and the first to become an admiral. In this memoir, co-written by the noted naval historian Paul Stillwell, he describes his life from boyhood in Richmond, Virginia, through his enlisted service on a World War II submarine chaser, to later tours of duty at sea and ashore. Denied housing and even jailed for impersonating an officer, Gravely recounts his efforts to overcome both cultural ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Annopolis, United States
ISBN
9781591143383
SKU
V9781591143383
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-3
About Vice Admiral Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Usn
Paul Stillwell is former editor-in-chief of Naval History magazine and director of the U.S. Naval Institute's oral history program. He is the editor or author of nine previous books, including one on submarines, Sharks of Steel, which he coauthored with Vice Admiral Robert Y. Kaufman. Stillwell lives in Arnold, Maryland.
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