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Excerpt from Life and Heroic Deeds of Admiral Dewey The whole world admires a hero, and no nation is more proud of its great men than is our own. Admiral Dewey won the battle of Manila, and gained the most brilliant naval victory known to history. This grand achievement startled the civilized world and made him the idol of his countrymen. His magnificent career is portrayed in this volume, and the splendid record is worthy of its illustrious subject. It furnishes a vivid description of him from his boyhood to the time when he sent the Spanish fleet to destruction and wrote his name high on the scroll of immortal fame. Many interesting anecdotes are related of the famous Admirals ancestry, his home life and early training. Through his heroic deeds, which have been the wonder of all nations, the reader sees the grand qualities of the man and is charmed with his noble traits of character. A full account is given of the Admiral as a young naval cadet while he was preparing himself for the remarkable career which has given him a world-wide celebrity. His heroic exploits in the Civil War under Admiral Farragut are fully depicted. In the naval operations on the Mississippi he exhibited all the traits that distinguished him as the commander of our Asiatic fleet. Quick in decision, fearless in the face of danger, actuated only by loyalty to his country and an unflinching sense of duty, he rose from one position to another by the force of merit alone until he became the crowning ornament of the American navy. Following the intensely interesting account of Admiral Dewey's boyhood and his brilliant career in our great Civil War, is a complete record of his service in the navy up to the time of our war with Spain. A thrilling description is furnished of the famous battle in Manila Bay in which Dewey gained his superb victory and, without the loss of a single man, hurled destruction and death at the Spanish fleet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.