Farragut and Family

David Glasgow Farragut the Civil War icon and America's first four-star admiral had a family worthy of fiction. The main character - those who influenced him most - were heroes themselves in their day: In the American Revolution it was George this Spanish immigrant father; in the War of 1812 David Porter both his foster father and commander; and in the Civil War David Dixon Porter his adopted brother and naval partner. This book tells how Farragut's hero-relatives impacted him at successive stages in his growth and career. A kind of family album in text and illustration the book begins with details of Farragut's Spanish and Irish ancestry. It concludes with a profile of his son Loyall his chosen biographer who along with the admiral's wife Virginia became guardians of his legacy when he passed.