{"product_id":"david-glasgow-farragut-admiral-in-the-making-9781591144151","title":"David Glasgow Farragut: Admiral in the Making","description":"The first volume of Lewis' masterful biography of David Glasgow Farragut's long career in the U.S. Navy covers his life before the Civil War. Farragut served with Captain David Porter in the USS \u003ci\u003eEssex\u003c\/i\u003e; cruised in the Mediterranean; hunted pirates in the Caribbean; almost died of yellow fever; observed the French bombardment of Vera Cruz; sailed into Buenos Aires, Montevideo, and Rio de Janeiro when revolution threatened those cities; fought in the Mexican War; and commanded the steam sloop of war Brooklyn. During these years he slowly rose from midshipman to captain, then to the highest rank in the United States Navy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e US Naval Institute Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781591144151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 1.40d","brand":"Charles Lee Lewis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40292440735925,"sku":"9781591144151","price":33.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0a4a5dad-5a9f-439d-8f4f-39253701ab2a.jpg?v=1624331644","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/david-glasgow-farragut-admiral-in-the-making-9781591144151","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}