Author: Adelbert Dewey
Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1246
Book Description
Life of George Dewey, rear admiral, U.S.N.; and Dewey family history. Being an authentic historical and genealogical record of more than fifteen thousand persons in the United States by the name of Dewey, and their descendants. Life of Rear Admiral George Dewey, written and book ed. by Adelbert M. Dewey. Dewey family history comp. by Louis Marinus Dewey, assisted by William T. Dewey, and Orville C. Dewey
Author: Adelbert Dewey
Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1246
Book Description
Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1246
Book Description
A Contribution to the Bibliography of the History of the United States Navy
Author: Agnes C. Doyle
Publisher: Cambridge : Priv. print. at the Riverside Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Publisher: Cambridge : Priv. print. at the Riverside Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
A New Force at Sea
Author: David A. Smith
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1682475808
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
A New Force at Sea tells the story of one of the most important officers in the U.S. Navy between the Civil War and World War II. Born in Montpelier, Vermont, George Dewey attended the still relatively new U.S. Naval Academy, graduating in 1858. He served with distinction in the Civil War in the Union Navy, saw a significant amount of action in the Mississippi River and along the Atlantic coast, and was singled out for his leadership and bravery by his superior officers. In the wake of the war, Dewey remained in the Navy as an officer, but the American people were generally uninterested in any role their nation could play in the broader world and the Navy languished. Dewey however, refined his perception of what American global naval strategy could be. By the time the Spanish-American War broke out in 1898, Dewey commanded a squadron of ships on the far side of the Pacific. His victory in the Battle of Manila Bay instantly made him the most famous American military figure after Ulysses S. Grant. The degree to which Dewey bore responsibility for embroiling the United States in what came to be known as the Philippine Insurrection was overlooked by an American public that eagerly named children for him, composed songs in his honor, and competed to stage the most extravagant civic celebrations of the quiet naval officer from Vermont. It was a public role for which he was ill-suited. Such was Dewey‘s celebrity that he when he returned to the United States he was instantly spoken of as a serious candidate for the Presidency in 1900. After an abortive and half-hearted candidacy that damaged his public reputation, Congress raised his rank to the newly created “Admiral of the Navy,” the rank he would hold for the rest of his life. He became the embodiment of Theodore Roosevelt‘s “big stick” attitude and the national symbol for American naval power. He served as the chairman of the new General Board of the United States Navy, created in 1900 as the first body to address questions of strategy and operational readiness. Dewey had a profound understanding that his career bridged two seminal periods in American naval history, and clearly understood the repercussions of his victory at Manila. He died in Washington in January 1917, shortly before the United States entered World War I fighting against Germany as he had foretold years earlier. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery but shortly after reinterred at the Washington National Cathedral, the only U.S. military officer to have such an honor.
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1682475808
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
A New Force at Sea tells the story of one of the most important officers in the U.S. Navy between the Civil War and World War II. Born in Montpelier, Vermont, George Dewey attended the still relatively new U.S. Naval Academy, graduating in 1858. He served with distinction in the Civil War in the Union Navy, saw a significant amount of action in the Mississippi River and along the Atlantic coast, and was singled out for his leadership and bravery by his superior officers. In the wake of the war, Dewey remained in the Navy as an officer, but the American people were generally uninterested in any role their nation could play in the broader world and the Navy languished. Dewey however, refined his perception of what American global naval strategy could be. By the time the Spanish-American War broke out in 1898, Dewey commanded a squadron of ships on the far side of the Pacific. His victory in the Battle of Manila Bay instantly made him the most famous American military figure after Ulysses S. Grant. The degree to which Dewey bore responsibility for embroiling the United States in what came to be known as the Philippine Insurrection was overlooked by an American public that eagerly named children for him, composed songs in his honor, and competed to stage the most extravagant civic celebrations of the quiet naval officer from Vermont. It was a public role for which he was ill-suited. Such was Dewey‘s celebrity that he when he returned to the United States he was instantly spoken of as a serious candidate for the Presidency in 1900. After an abortive and half-hearted candidacy that damaged his public reputation, Congress raised his rank to the newly created “Admiral of the Navy,” the rank he would hold for the rest of his life. He became the embodiment of Theodore Roosevelt‘s “big stick” attitude and the national symbol for American naval power. He served as the chairman of the new General Board of the United States Navy, created in 1900 as the first body to address questions of strategy and operational readiness. Dewey had a profound understanding that his career bridged two seminal periods in American naval history, and clearly understood the repercussions of his victory at Manila. He died in Washington in January 1917, shortly before the United States entered World War I fighting against Germany as he had foretold years earlier. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery but shortly after reinterred at the Washington National Cathedral, the only U.S. military officer to have such an honor.
The Public Library Movement in the United States 1853-1893
Author: Samuel Swett Green
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Librarians
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Librarians
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Genealogies Cataloged by the Library of Congress Since 1986
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 1368
Book Description
The bibliographic holdings of family histories at the Library of Congress. Entries are arranged alphabetically of the works of those involved in Genealogy and also items available through the Library of Congress.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 1368
Book Description
The bibliographic holdings of family histories at the Library of Congress. Entries are arranged alphabetically of the works of those involved in Genealogy and also items available through the Library of Congress.
Irish-American History of the United States
Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography
Author: James Grant Wilson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Bulletin of the Maine State Library
Author: Maine State Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
Genealogy and American Local History in the Michigan State Library
Author: Michigan State Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Works about John Dewey, 1886-1995
Author: Barbara Levine
Publisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809320561
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Levine has included all of the material published about Dewey during the 108 years between 1886-1994 and has included many 1995 items as well. She has verified all items and, whenever possible, obtained copies.
Publisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809320561
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Levine has included all of the material published about Dewey during the 108 years between 1886-1994 and has included many 1995 items as well. She has verified all items and, whenever possible, obtained copies.