Nothing Too Daring
Subtitle: A Biography of Commodore David Porter, 1780-1843
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 434
ISBN-13: 9781591144304
Subjects: Porter, david, 1780-1843
Description: "Porter was courageous, passionate, intelligent, farsighted, dedicated and generous. Yet he was also impulsive, avaricious, hot-tempered, conceited, sometimes vicious, and, finally, paranoiac. Nothing Too Daring offers an objective, thoroughly researched biography of one of America's most colorful naval officers."--Back cover.