Farragut: America's First Admiral

by Robert J. Schneller Jr.

Book Overview

"Damn the torpedoes Full speed ahead " With those words, David Glasgow Farragut led a fleet of Union warships into Mobile Bay, where he achieved one of the most celebrated victories in American naval history. What separates the good officer from the great one, writes Robert J. Schneller, Jr., is the courage to make difficult decisions in the heat of combat despite personal fear or the awful realization that some men will have to pay in blood.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574885421
• ISBN13: 9781574885422
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.6" x 7.9"