Commander Will Cushing: Daredevil Hero of the Civil War

Jamie Malanowski

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Idioma: inglés

Editorial: National Geographic Books, 2014

0393240894 / 9780393240894

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The lead writer of the New York Times%u2019s award-winning %u201CDisunion%u201D series introduces William Barker Cushing, the Civil War%u2019s most celebrated naval hero. October 1864. The confederate ironclad CSS Albemarle had sunk two federal warships and damaged seven others, taking control of the Roanoke River and threatening the Union blockade. Twenty-one-year-old navy lieutenant William Barker Cushing hatched a daring plan: to attack the fearsome warship with a few dozen men in two small wooden boats. What followed, the close-range torpedoing of the Albemarle and Cushing%u2019s harrowing two-day escape downriver from vengeful Rebel posses, is one of the most dramatic individual exploits in American military history. Theodore Roosevelt said that Cushing %u201Ccomes next to Farragut on the hero roll of American naval history,%u201D but most have never heard of him today. Tossed out of the Naval Academy for %u201Cbuffoonery,%u201D Cushing proved himself a prodigy in behind-the-lines warfare. Given command of a small union ship, he performed daring, near-suicidal raids, %u201Ccutting out%u201D confederate ships and thwarting blockade runners. With higher commands and larger ships, Cushing%u2019s exploits grow bolder, culminating in the sinking of the Albemarle. A thrilling narrative biography, steeped in the tactics, weaponry, and battle techniques of the Union Navy, Commander Will Cushing brings to life a compelling yet flawed figure. Along with his three brothers, including one who fell at Gettysburg, Cushing served with bravery and heroism. But he was irascible and complicated%u2014a loveable rogue, prideful and impulsive, who nonetheless possessed a genius for combat. In telling Cushing%u2019s 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%u2014and what this heroic and tragic figure, who died before his time, can tell us about the ways we remember the glories of war. Former library book. Mylar protector included. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item.…

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Título
Commander Will Cushing: Daredevil Hero of the Civil War
Autor
Jamie Malanowski
Editorial
National Geographic Books
Año de publicación
2014
Estado
Good
Sobrecubierta
Good
Tipo de libro
Ex-Library
Encuadernación
Hardcover
Idioma
inglés
ISBN 10
0393240894
ISBN 13
9780393240894

Library House Internet Sales

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