Reviews

Duffy offers the life of Civil War naval master David Farragut, who was 60 at the time of the conflict's onset yet proved to be the most energetic and courageous of the Union's maritime warriors. Lewis reveals the young George Washington from 1748 to 1760, when he struggled with his own shortcomings before becoming the great revolutionary. Fetherling presents a biographical dictionary of assassins throughout history, from Brutus to John McCall-who put a bullet through Wild Bill Hickock's bean-to John Hinckley. Although it might sound gruesome, Fetherling's work is chock-full of interesting trivia (Hinckley originally planned to shoot President Jimmy Carter, but Carter's polling numbers dropped; he went after the more popular Ronald Reagan instead). Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.