| Cushing: Civil War SEAL Contributor(s): Schneller, Robert J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1574886967 ISBN-13: 9781574886962 Publisher: Potomac Books OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2003 Annotation: Dismissed from the U.S. Naval Academy in early 1861, William Barker Cushing nonetheless emerged from the Civil War as one of the Navy??'s greatest heroes. Cushing transformed his reputation from a rabblerouser into a living legend, because he embodied the special qualities that the Navy demands of the men in whom it entrusts its most hazardous and secret tasks: a readiness to volunteer for dangerous assignments, an unflagging devotion to duty, and more than a fair share of good fortune. As Robert J. Schneller observes, "He was patriotic, aggressive, tough, and recklessly bold." Before embarking on his most daring mission-his celebrated destruction of the Confederate ironclad "Albemarle"-he bragged that he would "come out victorious or ???toes up.???" By the end of the war he had amassed four commendations from the Navy Department and the thanks of Congress and President Lincoln. "All this for a man," Schneller writes, "who was only twenty-two years old when Lee surrendered at Appomattox." Employing his customary readable and entertaining style, Schneller focuses on Cushing??'s naval career and those aspects of his personality that affected it. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Military - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | Military - Naval |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2003012137 |
| Series: Military Profiles (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.02" W x 8" (0.42 lbs) 119 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Drawing parallels between the navy's conduct of special operations during the Civil War and today, this text recounts the death-defying combat record of the Union Navy's most colourful officer - William Barker Cushing. |