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The Civil War Campaigns of David Farragut
This book has surprised me. I've never been much interested in the navy during the civil war. I've read a little here and then about David Farragut but really knew little about the part he played in the war, other than the capture of New Orleans.
James P. Duffy is a new author to me. I'm pretty sure I haven't heard of him before. This book was published in 1997 and Duffy may have written other books since then, but the only previous works listed in "Lincoln's Admiral" are "Hitler Slept Late, And Other Blunders That Cost Him the War," "Target Hitler: The Plots to Kill Adolf Hitler," "The Assassination of John F. Kennedy: A Complete Book of Facts," and "Czars: Russia's Rulers for Over One Thousand Years." The last three books appear to have been co-written with Vincent L. Ricci. So "Lincoln's Admiral" appears to be Duffy's first Civil War book.
I haven't quite finished it yet, but James Duffy writes well and tells a great story. His narrative of the events at New Orleans is a real page-turner, and he does a credible job of telling Farragut's personal story along with his war experiences. (Did you know that David Farragut was born "James Glasgow Farragut?"
The book is well worth the time it takes to read it, and I'll be looking around to see if Duffy has written anything else on the Civil War.
This book has surprised me. I've never been much interested in the navy during the civil war. I've read a little here and then about David Farragut but really knew little about the part he played in the war, other than the capture of New Orleans.
James P. Duffy is a new author to me. I'm pretty sure I haven't heard of him before. This book was published in 1997 and Duffy may have written other books since then, but the only previous works listed in "Lincoln's Admiral" are "Hitler Slept Late, And Other Blunders That Cost Him the War," "Target Hitler: The Plots to Kill Adolf Hitler," "The Assassination of John F. Kennedy: A Complete Book of Facts," and "Czars: Russia's Rulers for Over One Thousand Years." The last three books appear to have been co-written with Vincent L. Ricci. So "Lincoln's Admiral" appears to be Duffy's first Civil War book.
I haven't quite finished it yet, but James Duffy writes well and tells a great story. His narrative of the events at New Orleans is a real page-turner, and he does a credible job of telling Farragut's personal story along with his war experiences. (Did you know that David Farragut was born "James Glasgow Farragut?"
The book is well worth the time it takes to read it, and I'll be looking around to see if Duffy has written anything else on the Civil War.
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