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Matthew Calbraith Perry; A Typical American Naval Officer
by Griffis, William Elliot
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Discard, Exeter N.H. Public Library. Good. No dust jacket. Edge wear, spine end damage. Separating boards, still holding.
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About This Item
Boston.: Cupples and Hurd / The Hyde Park Press., 1887. Preface Boston, July 1st, 1887, Shawmut Church Parsonage.. Hard cover. Discard, Exeter N.H. Public Library. Good. No dust jacket. Edge wear, spine end damage. Separating boards, still holding.. 1 459 p. 28 cm. Dark blue tightly woven cloth over boards. Gold small subject profile, front. Steel-cut style B&W frontispiece. Original edition, with cover wear. Biography, 19th century U.S. Navy officer, b.1794-d.1858, awaiting orders after 49 active and special duty service. Text genealogy notes of the New England and U.S. Navy Perry name. Chapter I Credits: War of 1812 Navy officer; Chose Liberia as 1st free black settlement; a leading educator, U.S. Navy; Father of "our steam Navy"; 1st demonstrated "ram" as offense weapon in naval warfare; founder, naval-apprenticeship program; active in extirpating foreign slave-trade on Africa's west coast; helped remove dueling, the grog ration, flogging from American Navy; 1847, commanded largest American squadron (Perry's gunnery pupils) in Gulf of Mexico, deciding fate of Vera Cruz, enabling Scott's army to reach Mexico capital; Opening of Japan to the world.
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- Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Alibris.Bio0011715
- Title
- Matthew Calbraith Perry; A Typical American Naval Officer
- Author
- Griffis, William Elliot
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Discard, Exeter N.H. Public Library. Good. No dust jacket. Edge wear, spine end damage. Separating boards, still holding.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Preface Boston, July 1st, 1887, Shawmut Church Parsonage.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cupples and Hurd / The Hyde Park Press.
- Place of Publication
- Boston.
- Date Published
- 1887
- Keywords
- Navy officer, War of 1812|Liberia 1st free Africa settlement|leading educator, U.S. Navy|Father of "our steam Navy"|Gunnery commander|Opened Japan|Ended west coast Africa slave-trade|Ended dueling, grog, flogging, U.S. Navy ships
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