Title: Nothing Too Daring
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.
Subjects: Porter, david, 1780-1843, Biography, Officers, United States. Navy, United States