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Matthew Calbraith Perry; A Typical American Naval Officer

Matthew Calbraith Perry; A Typical American Naval Officer Hard cover - 1887

by Griffis, William Elliot

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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.
Used - Discard, Exeter N.H. Public Library. Good. No dust jacket. Edge wear, spine end damage. Separating boards, still holding.
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  • Title Matthew Calbraith Perry; A Typical American Naval Officer
  • Author Griffis, William Elliot
  • Binding Hard cover
  • Edition Preface Boston, July 1st, 1887, Shawmut Church Parsonage.
  • Condition Used - Discard, Exeter N.H. Public Library. Good. No dust jacket. Edge wear, spine end damage. Separating boards, still holding.
  • Publisher Cupples and Hurd / The Hyde Park Press., Boston.
  • Date 1887
  • Bookseller's Inventory # Alibris.Bio0011715

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