Old Bruin Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry by Morison, Samuel Eliot - 1967

Boston: Little Brown. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. 482 pp, illustrated with maps, drawings and b/w photos, indexed; clean text and tight (near unread) binding, shelf rubbed on corner tips to board and lightly on tail, soil on page edge corners, DJ with light scuffing and discoloration on folds and ends, Price Clipped. From the flap: the story of a United States naval officer, whose nickname Old Bruin (his voice carried through a gale) gives little hint of his extraordinary qualities. .... With a diplomatic finesse that can only be compared with that of Benjamin Franklin.... (he) promoted the founding of Liberia, later commanded the Africa Squadron of the U. S. Navy which hunted slave traders and protected the American Negro Colonists against attacks by the natives… Written by Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison, who himself has and incredible history of education, Naval career, Professor, and Pulitzer Prize winner.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .