A New Book on Farragut-- Part 1: His Ancestors

From the Vol. XXXII #6 Blue & Gray Magazine  Reviews.

Robert L. Caleo  "Farragut and Family: The Making of an Elder Hero."

Author Caleo has done another biography of America's First Admiral, David Glasgow Farragut (1801-1870).   It is divided into five chapters detailing different phases of Farragut's life.

The first one examines Farragut's seafaring forebears from Spain's Balearic Islands and his maternal Irish pioneers of the Carolinas.  The second one is about his father, George Farragut, fought on both land and sea as a patriot in the American Revolution and later was a militia officer in Tennessee where David was born.

The third one examines David Porter, the U.S. Naval officer who adopted David and was a War of 1812 naval hero.  Farragut served with his step father during the War of 1812.

--Old B-Runner