Jumat, 07 April 2017

Death Boards the Essex

U.S. Navy captain David Porter bore the elements of greatness—but his epic 1812 Pacific voyage led to a Shakespearean final act. At age 32 in 1812, David Porter Jr., the son of a Revolutionary War seafarer, was a proud, ambitious man in a hurry. As newly minted captain of the USS Essex, a 32-gun frigate, …

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