Take Command Captain Farragut!

Take Command, Captain Farragut! by Peter and Connie Roop.

I have yet to read a book by this husband and wife team that I did not like. Always a good story and always something interesting to learn. In this short biography we learn about Captain Farragut's younger days as a midshipman in the US Navy during the War of 1812. He was 10 years old at the time. Written as letters to his father while he is imprisoned, he relates his exploits as sea and with his shipmates as he struggles to gain their confidence and gain his courage.