THE LIFE OF MAJOR-GENERAL WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON: COMPRISING A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF HIS IMPORTANT CIVIL AND MILITARY SERVICES...AS WELL AS THE VICTORIES OF TIPPENCANOE, FORT MEIGS AND THE THAMES
1840 · Philadelphia
by [Harrison, William Henry
Philadelphia: Grigg & Elliot, 1840. 96pp., plus frontispiece and four illustrated plates. Original half cloth and printed paper boards. Boards rubbed and soiled, edges and corners chipping. Contemporary bookplate on front and rear pastedowns, ownership signature on front flyleaf. Mild toning, scattered foxing and soiling. Good. A campaign biography for Harrison's second bid for President. He was elected to office and served for a short thirty two days before succumbing to pneumonia. An energetic narrative of his days as an officer, including his meeting with Tecumseh and the Battle of Tippecanoe which followed. HOWES H246. SABIN 30585. FIELD 659. (Inventory #: WRCAM50322)