Young Wrecker of the Florida Reef; or the Trials and Adventures o.

1866. (FLORIDA). Bache, Richard Meade. The Young Wrecker of the Florida Reef; or the Trials and Adventures of Fred Ransom. Philadelphia, 1866. 381 p. 3 plates. Cloth. Extremities of binding lightly worn and a bit drab, flyleaves foxed, else a good sound copy. First edition of a popular boy's novel set in and around Indian Key. According to the preface, the character Dr. Cluzel is based on Dr. Henry Perrine. The work was reprinted several times through the end of the nineteenth century. Servies and Servies 4912; Gardner, Florida Fiction, 29.