A call to the sea : Captain Charles Stewart of the USS Constitution /
"Born in Philadelphia during the American Revolution, Stewart had met President Washington and gone to sea as a cabin boy on a merchantman before age thirteen. In March 1798, at age nineteen, he received a naval commission one month before the formal establishement of the Department of the Navy...
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
Potomac Books,
2005.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents |
| Summary: | "Born in Philadelphia during the American Revolution, Stewart had met President Washington and gone to sea as a cabin boy on a merchantman before age thirteen. In March 1798, at age nineteen, he received a naval commission one month before the formal establishement of the Department of the Navy. Stewart enjoyed an illustrious naval career. Thomas Jefferson recognized his exploits in the Mediterranean during the Barbary Wars, while James Madison sought his advice at the outset of the War of 1812. Stewart trained many future senior naval officers - including David Porter, David Dixon Porter, and David G. Farragut - during service in three wars. In his eighties, he served as a pallbearer at President Lincoln's funeral." "Yet, Stewart owed his reputation to the time spent as commander of the Navy's most powerful frigate, the USS Constitution. No other captain commanded this ship for a longer wartime period or through more navel engagements. Undefeated in battle, including defeating the British warships Cyane and Levant simultaneously, both ship and captain came to be known as "Old Ironsides." Claude Berube and John Rodgaard present the first in-depth biography of one of the founders of the U.S. Navy's fighting tradition, a man whose long and illustrious career both mirrored and helped shape the early history of his country."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 301 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-287) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1574885189 9781574885187 |