Threescore years an autobiography, containing incidents of voyages and travels, including six years in a man-of-war : details of the war between the United States and the Algerine government, bombardment of Algiers by Lord Exmouth, and its subjugation by the French : also, two years in California, a visit to the Crimea during the bombardment and capture of Sebastopol, journey through Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine and Egypt ... /
Main Author: | Holbrook, Samuel F., b. 1793 |
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Corporate Author: | Sabin Americana, 1500-1926 |
Format: | Online Book |
Language: | English |
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Boston :
J. French and company,
1857.
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