Buy this book on-line LEA, HOMER (1876-1912) : The valor of ignorance. Introduction by Clare BootheHarper & Brothers,, New York, 1942
344 pages, 11 maps & charts, cloth, reprint. Former owner's signature on front blank endpaper otherwise very good. Contains introductions by Lt. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee and Maj. Gen. J.P. Story. A remarkable work by a remarkable man. In this his most famous work he warns about Japanese plans to attack the United States and he predicted the landings in the Philippines and recognized the strategic importance of Hawaii and Alaska. Some thirty years later most of his predictions would come to pass. The new introduction by Miss Boothe contains a long biographical sketch of Lea. It took WWII and the threat of Japanese arms to bring out this new edition for propaganda purposes. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of LEA, HOMER (1876-1912) : The valor of ignorance. Introduction by Clare Boothe. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including rare books, atlases, out of print books, livres illustrées and out-of-print books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |