Cushing, who was was the author of many daring exploits, most notably, the sinking of the CSS Albemarle, is largely forgotten today.
Malanowski is a member of the original staff of Spy and has been an editor at Time, Esquire and Playboy. He was also the recipient of the 2012 Folio Award for Feature Writing.
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