Buy this book on-line Musick, John R : Sustained Honor: A Story of the War of 1812Funk and Wagnalls Company, New York, 1893
Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. 5 3/8" x 7 1/2." Pages (i)-(xii) 1-451, complete. Twenty-four black and white illustrations and plates, complete. One additional page in the back listing other Columbian Historical Novels up to Volume XII. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. A Fine copy. This book is listed in Wright III as no. 1926. John R. Musick (1849-1901) was an American author who specialized in writing historical fiction. Among his most successful works is his fourteen-volume series called the Columbian Historical Novels. At the time of their publication, the Columbian Historical Novels were praised by many literary critics for including fictional characters and other fictional aspects while being historically accurate. Sustained Honor: A Story of the War of 1812 is one of Musick's Columbian Historical Novels and is listed as Volume X in the back. Excerpt from the Preface: "It is the purpose of this volume to deal with some of the remote and direct causes of the second war with England, by endeavoring, as nearly as our ability will permit, to transport the reader back to the scenes of eighty or ninety years ago, and give views of the incidents which clustered around the events of that time. The war of 1812 has been properly termed by some historians the second war for independence; for, in truth, the independence of the United States of America was not established until after that event. Great Britain across the ocean and the horde of Tories still in America had not abandoned all hope of yet making the United States a dependency of the country from which she had fought seven long years to free herself. The War of 1812 was never fought to a finish. In some respects it was a drawn fight. Its results were not satisfactory to the patriotic American, and certainly were not to Great Britain.". Illustr.: Carter, Fernando A.. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover 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 Musick, John R : Sustained Honor: A Story of the War of 1812. 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 libri antichi, libri rari, rare books, used books and out-of-print books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |