Full Speed Ahead! : America's First Admiral: David Glasgow Farragut
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Hardback
ISBN-10
1684379059
ISBN-13
9781684379057
Publisher
Astra Publishing House
Imprint
Calkins Creek
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 2nd, 2021
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
669 grams
Dimensions
23.60 x 16.00 x 2.00 cms
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Discover the man behind everyone''s favorite call to action, "Full speed ahead!" in this inspiring and engaging biography about the first Admiral of the United States Navy, David Glasgow Farragut.
At the age of nine, David Glasgow Farragut was appointed a midshipman in the US Navy by President James Madison. It was the start of a celebrated career. Farragut sailed aboard ships along the Delaware River, in the Caribbean, and across the Atlantic Ocean, even rounding the tip of South America, all while rising through the naval ranks from midshipman to admiral. When the Civil War began, Captain Farragut dedicated his life to protecting the United States as it was being torn in two. When President Lincoln asked him to capture New Orleans, the city Farragut once called home, and later to take Mobile Bay, the officer had only one order for his fleet: Full speed ahead! Noted nonfiction writer Louise Borden''s in-depth research uncovers a man dedicated to his country -- a man who earned the title of America''s first admiral.
At the age of nine, David Glasgow Farragut was appointed a midshipman in the US Navy by President James Madison. It was the start of a celebrated career. Farragut sailed aboard ships along the Delaware River, in the Caribbean, and across the Atlantic Ocean, even rounding the tip of South America, all while rising through the naval ranks from midshipman to admiral. When the Civil War began, Captain Farragut dedicated his life to protecting the United States as it was being torn in two. When President Lincoln asked him to capture New Orleans, the city Farragut once called home, and later to take Mobile Bay, the officer had only one order for his fleet: Full speed ahead! Noted nonfiction writer Louise Borden''s in-depth research uncovers a man dedicated to his country -- a man who earned the title of America''s first admiral.
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