WAR ON THE DETROIT: The Chronicles of Thomas Vercheres de Bocherville and the Capitulation by an Ohio Volunteer
by Milo Milton Quaife, (Editor)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good plus
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons. The Lakeside Classics, 1940. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very good plus. First edition thus. Hardcover. 7'' x 4 1/2''. 347pp. With index. Frontispiece illustration and two maps, one folding. Red cloth, spine lightly faded; a little spotting to rear. Small bookplate.
This Lakeside Classics' reprints the journal of de Bocherville, who served as a volunteer on the Detroit frontier and saw action under Major-General Isaac Brock and James Foster's "The Capitulation" his account of his service under William Hull, Brigadier-general of the northwestern army, first published in 1812.
This Lakeside Classics' reprints the journal of de Bocherville, who served as a volunteer on the Detroit frontier and saw action under Major-General Isaac Brock and James Foster's "The Capitulation" his account of his service under William Hull, Brigadier-general of the northwestern army, first published in 1812.
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- Bookseller
- Lost Horizon Bookstore (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51564
- Title
- WAR ON THE DETROIT: The Chronicles of Thomas Vercheres de Bocherville and the Capitulation by an Ohio Volunteer
- Author
- Milo Milton Quaife, (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Publisher
- R. R. Donnelley & Sons. The Lakeside Classics
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1940
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