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Admiral David Dixon Porter: The Civil War Years, by Chester G. Heran
Annapolis: The Naval Institute Press, 1996. xx, 376pp. Illus, maps, notes, bibliog, index. $35.00. ISBN:1-55750-353-2.
The first real biography of the nation�s second admiral in many years, this work provides an excellent look at the energetic, brilliant, almost eccentric Porter, one of Lincoln�s favorite people and one of the most important Union strategists in the Civil War. The author has not overlooked Porter�s wonderful sense of humor (the admiral often traded jokes with Lincoln), nor his ego, and does not overlook blunders. A useful book.
Reviewer: A. A. Nofi
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