TRUXTUN OF THE CONSTELLATION
The Life of Commodore Thomas Truxtun, U.S. Navy 1755-1822
1982
Reprint
Naval Institute Press [Annapolis, MD]
8vo
Hardcover (with Dust Jacket) [Blue cloth]
Item Number: 7594
$35.00
Description
The first full length biography pf Truxtun, who was privateersman in the Revolution and fought in the Quasi-War with France. Facsimile reprint of the 1956 first edition. A near fine copy, slight shelf wear, front free endpaper clipped, inscription on half-title page, in slightly soiled dust jacket with slight edge wear. (322p., 2 illus., notes, biblio., index, map endpapers.)