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Playships of the World
The Naval Diaries of Admiral Dan Gallery, 1920-1924
Av Robert Shenk
Inbunden, 2008
412 kr
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This book describes the early exploits around the globe of a young naval officer who would become a World War II hero.After touring the U. S. S. Pittsburgh in 1926, James Thurber described it as the ""Playship of the World,"" where the daily lives of officers were akin to ""living in the sort of …
Guardian of Savannah
Fort McAllister, Georgia, in the Civil War and Beyond
Inbunden, 2008
499 kr
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This book tells the dramatic story of how an earthen fort defended a southern city against ironclad monitors.The southern anchor in the coastal defenses of Savannah, Georgia, Fort McAllister was constructed of sand and mud in April 1863 on the Great Ogeechee River, twelve miles south of the …
Promotion or the Bottom of the River
The Blue and Grey Naval Careers of Alexander F. Warley, South Carolinian
Inbunden, 2012
424 kr
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South Carolinian Alexander F. Warley (1823'1895) was an exceptional naval officer who enjoyed a robust life of far-flung adventures at sea during several dramatic periods in American maritime history. Warley's career began in the 1840s, when he served as a midshipman on Old Ironsides and later took …
