A History of American Privateers (Illustrated)
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1899. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2310373
Front hinge weak, ink gift note on front paste-down endpaper, minor pencil notes, related papers laid in.
xl, 519 pp. "A hidden history of some of the people and vessels that helped shape the earliest victories of the American Revolution and the War of 1812. Told in invigorating fashion, this book whisks the reader across decades and hundreds of miles from Charleston, South Carolina to the harbor of New York." "Privateers were part of naval warfare from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Some privateers have been particularly influential in the annals of history. Sometimes the vessels would be commissioned into regular service as warships."
Price: $75.00