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The Bright Side of Prison Life Experiences, In Prison and Out, of an Involuntary Sojourner in Rebeldom
by Swiggett, Captain S. A
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- Hardcover
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- Very Good with no dust jacket
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Hartland, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Baltimore: Press of Fleet, McGinley & Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1897. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Original red cloth boards with gilt lettering front panel and spine, worn on points with some discoloration to spine cloth. Title page torn near gutter. Hinges repaired and rear pastedown had large tear that has been repaired. Captain Samuel A. Swiggett (1834-1904) served with the 36th Iowa Infantry; he describes his capture, prison life and escapes from Camp Ford in Tyler, Texas. Illustrated with photographs. ; MCN27680; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 254 pp .
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- Bookseller
- McCormick Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33651
- Title
- The Bright Side of Prison Life Experiences, In Prison and Out, of an Involuntary Sojourner in Rebeldom
- Author
- Swiggett, Captain S. A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Press of Fleet, McGinley & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore
- Date Published
- 1897
- Keywords
- U.S. Military History Civil War Memoirs Prison Camps Americana
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military;
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Hartland, Michigan
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Mail order book store specializing in Genealogy, History and Michigan History.
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