Excerpt from The Story of Admiral Farragut: For Young Readers On July 5, 1801, in a rude cabin in Eastern Tennessee, David Glasgow Farragut was born. It was a wild and lonely place. For miles around the little farm, nothing could be seen but woods. Few sounds could be heard save the sing ing of birds and sometimes the cries of wild beasts. There was already one child in the family, a boy, whose name was William. George Farragut, the father, was a brave man. He was a Spaniard, and had come to America during the Revolutionary War. 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.