"Old Bruin"
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A very good+ copy, clean, crisp, and unmarked, in a very good- dust jacket with some foxing and a few chips and tears. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. xxiii, 482 pp. Illus. with 75 b/w photos, drawings, and maps. The American Naval Officer who Helped Found Liberia, Hunted Pirates in the…
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The dean of American naval historians was Samuel Eliot Morison, who penned a remarkable number of books on the subject, including the 15-volume History Of Naval Operations In World War II. But among his best works is this biography that he wrote on Matthew Perry, which covers the years from the War of 1812 through the Civil War.
The younger brother of Oliver Hazard Perry of Lake Erie fame, Matthew Perry was a central player in the African Squadron, the War with Mexico, and the Opening of Japan.
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