Recollections of seventy years
by Chetlain, Augustus L
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- Hardcover
- first
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Galena: The Gazette Publishing Company, 1899. First edition, 8vo, pp. 304; portrait frontispiece, original green cloth stamped in blind and gilt; ex-James J. Hill Library, with call number on spine, and pressure stamp on title page; hinges cracked; good and still reasonably sound. James J. Hill's personal copy, with an inscription to him from Chetlain on the flyleaf. Chetlain was the first man from Illinois to volunteer in the Civil War and a good friend of Ulysses S. Grant. The book covers his military career as well as the regional history of Galena, Illinois.
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- Bookseller
- Rulon-Miller Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53438
- Title
- Recollections of seventy years
- Author
- Chetlain, Augustus L
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Gazette Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Galena
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- Civil War , , ,
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