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West Richard Jr. — The Second Admiral

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Coward McCann, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. The Second Admiral by West, Richard Jr. Coward McCann, 1937, lst. Hardback in good condition with acceptable dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Cloth cover with gold embossing is clean, dust jacket in mylar had a large chip rear, owners name inside dated 1941. David Dixon Porter was one of the most colorful navel offers who ever wore the uniform. He was certainly one of the most enigmatic and contradictory offers of the Civil War. Sherman called him "Lord high Admiral" Grant stated "Among officers I always put Porter in the highest rank". Potter served in the navel during the Mexican War, and his fight afterward to modernize the Navy. The Civil War years and afterwards his years at the Naval Academy where his progressive sprit and ideas laid the foundations for the victory of Spain and made the officers who so gallantly found in WW1. B&W photos, illustrations, appendix, bibliography, index, 376 pages. Very Good/Acceptable.

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West Richard Jr.
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DAVID DIXON PORTER, US NAVY