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David Glasgow Farragut: Our First Admiral
Charles Lee Lewis
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Description for David Glasgow Farragut: Our First Admiral
Paperback. Originally published: Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1943. Num Pages: 532 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 36. Weight in Grams: 771.
The second volume of this authoritative biography of America’s first admiral examines the last ten years of David Glasgow Farragut’s life, which included the ever-fascinating period of the Civil War. Farragut was as carefully methodical in preparation for battle as he was fearlessly swift in the execution of his plans. In Our First Admiral, the reader will learn of gross inefficiency and waste in the conduct of war, in the North as well as the South; of jealous ambition and malicious criticism; of lukewarm support of the government, lack of cooperation between the Army and Navy, and the inroads upon ... Read more
The second volume of this authoritative biography of America’s first admiral examines the last ten years of David Glasgow Farragut’s life, which included the ever-fascinating period of the Civil War. Farragut was as carefully methodical in preparation for battle as he was fearlessly swift in the execution of his plans. In Our First Admiral, the reader will learn of gross inefficiency and waste in the conduct of war, in the North as well as the South; of jealous ambition and malicious criticism; of lukewarm support of the government, lack of cooperation between the Army and Navy, and the inroads upon ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
532
Place of Publication
Annopolis, United States
ISBN
9781591144328
SKU
V9781591144328
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About Charles Lee Lewis
The late Charles Lee Lewis, born in 1886, was a prominent naval historian and for many years a professor of English and History at the United States Naval Academy. He has written biographies of Matthew Fontaine Maury, Admiral Franklin Buchanan, Admiral De Grasse, and Commodore Stephen Decatur and two volumes of biographical sketches of famous sea fighters.
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