Item #53708 Life of Rear Admiral John Randolph Tucker, Commander in the Navy of the United States, Captain and Flag-Officer in the Navy of the Confederate States, Rear Admiral in the Navy of the Republic of Peru, and President of the Peruvian Hydrographical Commission of the Amazon. With an appendix, containing notes on navigation of the upper Amazon River and its principal tributaries, and containing a biographical sketch of the author. Captain James H. ROCHELLE.
Life of Rear Admiral John Randolph Tucker, Commander in the Navy of the United States, Captain and Flag-Officer in the Navy of the Confederate States, Rear Admiral in the Navy of the Republic of Peru, and President of the Peruvian Hydrographical Commission of the Amazon. With an appendix, containing notes on navigation of the upper Amazon River and its principal tributaries, and containing a biographical sketch of the author.

Life of Rear Admiral John Randolph Tucker, Commander in the Navy of the United States, Captain and Flag-Officer in the Navy of the Confederate States, Rear Admiral in the Navy of the Republic of Peru, and President of the Peruvian Hydrographical Commission of the Amazon. With an appendix, containing notes on navigation of the upper Amazon River and its principal tributaries, and containing a biographical sketch of the author.

Washington, (DC): Neale Publishing Co., 1903. First edition. 8vo. 112 pp. Portrait plates. A native of Virginia, Tucker's first Civil War command centered on the James River. Nevins I, p. 232: "Extremely short and superficial biography; includes a sketch of th author, also a Confederate naval officer." Krick 421: "The tenor of the book is more inclined toward an operational account than a biographical work." Original gilt-stamped navy cloth (rubbed, especially the spine). Very good. (352). Item #53708

Price: $450.00

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