Search

Search results

Displaying 61 - 70

Porter, David Dixon

(Encyclopedia) Porter, David Dixon, 1813–91, American admiral, b. Chester, Pa.; son of David Porter. He served under his father in the Mexican navy before he was appointed (1829) midshipman in the U.…

Meade, George Gordon

(Encyclopedia) Meade, George Gordon, 1815–72, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Cádiz, Spain. Graduated from West Point in 1835, he resigned from the army the next year and became a civil…

The Odyssey

Contents Preface to First Edition Preface to Second Edition The Gods in Council--Miverva's Visit to Ithaca--The Challenge from Telemachus to the Suitors. Assembly of the People of…