Contains graphic description of the Battle of New
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Author: Cooke, John Henry, Capt
Title: A Narrative of Events in the South of France, and of the Attack on New Orleans, in 1814 and 1815
Place Published: London
Publisher:T. & W. Boone
Date Published: 1835
Description:
Author: Cooke, John Henry, Capt
Title: A Narrative of Events in the South of France, and of the Attack on New Orleans, in 1814 and 1815
Place Published: London
Publisher:T. & W. Boone
Date Published: 1835
Description:
iv, 319 pp. including errata slip pasted to verso of Preface leaf. (8vo) 18.5x11 (7¼x4¼"), rebacked, half leather over marbled boards, leather gilt spine label.
Much of the narrative relates the author's military service in France, embarkation for England and then America, finally landing on the coast of Louisiana, where he participated in the Battle of New Orleans. "Although only half of the book is concerned with the United States, most of this half is a graphic description of the Battle of New Orleans" - Clark.
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Wear to extremities; large bookplate on front pastedown and small ownership label on rear pastedown; very good.
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Contains graphic description of the Battle of New
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