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- catalog abstract """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 historian 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. Farragut's personal attributes, such as his sharp intelligence and confidence, his keen situational awareness, and his courage to act boldly at decisive moments, produced the Union's most important naval victories and resulted in his appointment as the U.S. Navy's first admiral. These qualities made Farragut the greatest naval officer, Union or Confederate, of the Civil War and, indeed, the most outstanding U.S. naval officer of the nineteenth century."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12512852.
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Naval operations.".
- catalog coverage "United States History, Naval To 1900.".
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description """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 historian 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. Farragut's personal attributes, such as his sharp intelligence and confidence, his keen situational awareness, and his courage to act boldly at decisive moments, produced the Union's most important naval victories and resulted in his appointment as the U.S. Navy's first admiral.".
- catalog description "Child of the frontier -- Baptism of fire -- Antebellum naval officer -- Triumph at New Orleans -- Purgatory on the Mississippi -- Triumph at Mobile Bay -- War hero.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [109]-110) and index.".
- catalog description "These qualities made Farragut the greatest naval officer, Union or Confederate, of the Civil War and, indeed, the most outstanding U.S. naval officer of the nineteenth century."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 116 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Farragut.".
- catalog identifier "1574883984 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Farragut.".
- catalog isPartOf "Military profiles".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Brassey's,".
- catalog relation "Farragut.".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Naval operations.".
- catalog spatial "United States History, Naval To 1900.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "973.7/5/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Admirals United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "E467.1.F23 S34 2002".
- catalog subject "Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870.".
- catalog subject "United States. Navy Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Child of the frontier -- Baptism of fire -- Antebellum naval officer -- Triumph at New Orleans -- Purgatory on the Mississippi -- Triumph at Mobile Bay -- War hero.".
- catalog title "Farragut : America's first admiral / Robert J. Schneller, Jr.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "Naval history. fast".
- catalog type "text".