| William B. Cushing in the Far East: A Civil War Naval Hero Abroad, 1865-1869 Contributor(s): McQuiston, Julian R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786470550 ISBN-13: 9780786470556 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - Transportation | Ships & Shipbuilding - General - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2012045766 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.75 lbs) 228 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fresh from success in sinking the Albermarle in the Civil War, the young Captain Cushing was assigned to command the gunboat USS Maumee in Hong Kong to aid the restoration of America's naval power in Asia. By linking such aims to British policy, and by courting Chinese and Japanese officials, he succeeded in re-establishing American naval and commercial power in the Far East. In his letters to his fiancee, he brilliantly recorded his travels and observations of people and places (and the difficulties of reconciling his naval career with his devotion to her, whom he married in 1870). |
