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Hardcover:
9781623493806, titled "Forty Years Master: A Life in Sail & Steam" | Texas A & M Univ Pr, April 8, 2016, cover price $35.00
Hardcover:
9781250079541 | Thomas Dunne Books, April 19, 2016, cover price $27.99
The lead writer of the New York Timesâs award-winning âDisunionâ series introduces William Barker Cushing, the Civil Warâs most celebrated naval hero. October 1864. The confederate ironclad CSS Albemarle had sunk two federal warships and damaged seven others, taking control of the Roanoke River and threatening the Union blockade. Twenty-one-year-old navy lieutenant William Barker Cushing hatched a daring plan: to attack the fearsome warship with a few dozen men in two small wooden boats. What followed, the close-range torpedoing of the Albemarle and Cushingâs harrowing two-day escape downriver from vengeful Rebel posses, is one of the most dramatic individual exploits in American military history. Theodore Roosevelt said that Cushing âcomes next to Farragut on the hero roll of American naval history,â but most have never heard of him today. Tossed out of the Naval Academy for âbuffoonery,â Cushing proved himself a prodigy in behind-the-lines warfare. Given command of a small union ship, he performed daring, near-suicidal raids, âcutting outâ confederate ships and thwarting blockade runners. With higher commands and larger ships, Cushingâs exploits grow bolder, culminating in the sinking of the Albemarle.A thrilling narrative biography, steeped in the tactics, weaponry, and battle techniques of the Union Navy, Commander Will Cushing brings to life a compelling yet flawed figure. Along with his three brothers, including one who fell at Gettysburg, Cushing served with bravery and heroism. But he was irascible and complicatedâa loveable rogue, prideful and impulsive, who nonetheless possessed a genius for combat.In telling Cushingâs story, Malanowski paints a vivid, memorable portrait of the army officials, engineers, and politicians scrambling to win the war. But he also goes deeper into the psychology of the daredevil soldierâand what this heroic and tragic figure, who died before his time, can tell us about the ways we remember the glories of war. 8 pages of illustrations
Hardcover:
9780393240894 | W W Norton & Co Inc, October 20, 2014, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: The lead writer of the New York Timesâs award-winning âDisunionâ series introduces William Barker Cushing, the Civil Warâs most celebrated naval hero.
Paperback:
9780393351859 | Reprint edition (W W Norton & Co Inc, November 9, 2015), cover price $17.95
Product Description: Only the best officers are given command of U.S. Navy ships, and only the elite of these are selected for aircraft carriers. The USS America was the third of four Kitty Hawk-class super-carriers. Commissioned in 1965, decommissioned in 1996, she served three times in Vietnam, and once each in Libya, the Persian Gulf and Bosnia...read more
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9780786476565 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, July 29, 2014, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: Only the best officers are given command of U.
"I share the country's admiration for the bravery of Captain Phillips and his selfless concern for his crew. His courage is a model for all Americans." --President Barack ObamaApril 12, 2009, on Captain Phillips' RescueIt was just another day on the job for fifty-three-year-old Richard Phillips, captain of the Maersk Alabama, a United Statesâflagged cargo ship sailing down the coast of western Africa. That all changed when armed Somali pirates boarded the ship, setting off a tense five-day standoff and a series of life-or-death feats by Captain Richard Phillips and the group of Navy SEALs who would ultimately rescue him. A Captain's Duty follows Richard Phillips' adrenaline-packed tale of adventure and courage during his days as a hostage. When the pirates boarded his ship, Captain Phillips did everything he could to safeguard his crew. And when he was held captive, he marshaled all his resources to ensure his own survival, withstanding intense physical hardship and an escalating battle of wills with the pirates. This was it: the moment where training meets instinct and where character is everything. Richard Phillips was ready.
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9781401312961 | Reprint edition (Hyperion Books, September 24, 2013), cover price $14.99
9781401312862 | Mti rep edition (Hyperion Books, September 17, 2013), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: "I share the country's admiration for the bravery of Captain Phillips and his selfless concern for his crew.
9781401310448 | Reprint edition (Hachette Books, January 18, 2011), cover price $15.99 | About this edition: "I share the country's admiration for the bravery of Captain Phillips and his selfless concern for his crew.
CD/Spoken Word:
9781452642550 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, April 23, 2013), cover price $71.99
Hardcover:
9781451666045 | Simon & Schuster, April 23, 2013, cover price $25.00
Paperback:
9781451666069 | Reprint edition (Simon & Schuster, April 15, 2014), cover price $15.00
CD/Spoken Word:
9781452612553 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, April 23, 2013), cover price $34.99
9781452662558 | Mp3 una edition (Tantor Media Inc, April 23, 2013), cover price $24.99
The former commander of the U.S.S. Benfold describes the management principles that he used to command one of the U.S. Navy's most modern warships and explains how these principles can be used in a business environment to handle such challenges as excessive costs or low morale by empowering one's employees. Reprint.
Hardcover:
9781455523023 | 10 rev upd edition (Grand Central Pub, October 9, 2012), cover price $28.00
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9780446690577 | Reprint edition (Grand Central Pub, April 30, 2015), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: The former commander of the U.
Miscellaneous:
9780446535533 | Grand Central Pub, October 15, 2007, cover price $11.99
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9780786470556 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, January 20, 2013, cover price $35.00
Hardcover:
9781475924787 | Iuniverse Inc, May 23, 2012, cover price $29.95
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9781475924794 | Iuniverse Inc, May 23, 2012, cover price $19.95
Hardcover:
9781848321267 | Naval Inst Pr, March 15, 2012, cover price $27.95
Paperback:
9781467041126 | Authorhouse, December 20, 2011, cover price $25.99
Paperback:
9780786465293, titled "The CSS Albemarle and William Cushing: The Remarkable Confederate Ironclad and the Union Officer Who Sank It" | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, September 2, 2011, cover price $35.00
Product Description: This is the first biography of Captain Thomas Tingey, a seminal figure in the early development of the U.S. Navy. It is at the same time a biography of this important American naval figure and a history of the first quarter century of the Washington Navy Yard, which Tingey commanded for that period...read more
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9781612510446 | Naval Inst Pr, September 15, 2011, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: This is the first biography of Captain Thomas Tingey, a seminal figure in the early development of the U.
Paperback:
9781609492281, titled "Samuel Smedley: Connecticut Privateer" | History Pr, June 28, 2011, cover price $19.99
Hardcover:
9781456831004 | Author Solutions, January 4, 2011, cover price $29.99
Paperback:
9781456830991 | Author Solutions, January 4, 2011, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Stormy Seas by: Capt.
Hardcover:
9781594161049, titled "John Barry: An American Hero in the Age of Sail" | Westholme Pub Llc, May 18, 2010, cover price $35.00
CD/Spoken Word:
9781619692435 | 10 una anv edition (Hachette Audio, October 9, 2012), cover price $29.98
9781594831966 | Grand Central Pub, January 4, 2006, cover price $24.98
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