DAVID FARRAGUT, SAILOR

by Ferdinand Reyher ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 4, 1953

By far the best Farragut story this year, though the other two (David Farragut, by Marie Mudra and The First Admiral, by Frederick A. Lane) were full biographies and not, like this, an early incident in his life. Reyher sets the boy in his early Louisiana and Florida backgrounds. There is the pioneering life of an army man's family, David's acquaintance with Davy Crockett, and enough atmosphere to add strong dashes of color. When his training for the begins, there is a build up to David's first duty as a midshipman aboard the Essex, and his climatic trial as prize master of an English ship during the war of 1812 has enough realism to differentiate it, markedly, from a dreams-of-glory adventure most boys never experience.

Pub Date: Nov. 4, 1953

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Lippincott

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov. 1, 1953

Categories: FICTION