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Title: A Quest for Glory: A Biography of Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Publication Date: 1995
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1557507627
ISBN 13: 9781557507624
Binding: hardcover
Condition: Very Good

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To win glory and power, to be renowned throughout posterity—such was the ambition that fueled Dahlgren's controversial rise to eminence during the Civil War era. This rich, balanced portrait examines in detail the admiral's quixotic, frustrating quest.

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Robert J. Schneller Jr. received a PhD in military history from Duke University in 1991. He then worked more than twenty years as an official historian at the Naval History and Heritage Command in Washington D.C. An award-winning author, Schneller published eight books during his career. He is now retired and living in northeastern Pennsylvania.

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