Commander Will Cushing: Daredevil Hero of the Civil War

Jamie Malanowski

ISBN 10: 0393240894 / ISBN 13: 9780393240894

Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company, 2014

Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G0393240894I2N00

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CSS AlbemarleTheodore Roosevelt said that Cushing “comes next to Farragut on the hero roll of American naval history,” but most have never heard of him today. Tossed out of the Naval Academy for “buffoonery,” Cushing proved himself a prodigy in behind-the-lines warfare. Given command of a small union ship, he performed daring, near-suicidal raids, “cutting out” confederate ships and thwarting blockade runners. With higher commands and larger ships, Cushing’s exploits grow bolder, culminating in the sinking of the Albemarle.Commander Will CushingIn telling Cushing’s story, Malanowski paints a vivid, memorable portrait of the army officials, engineers, and politicians scrambling to win the war. But he also goes deeper into the psychology of the daredevil soldier—and what this heroic and tragic figure, who died before his time, can tell us about the ways we remember the glories of war.

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Titel: Commander Will Cushing: Daredevil Hero of ...
Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: As New
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