Fighting in Cuban Waters, or Under Schley on the Brooklyn (Old Glory Series)
Hardcover
1899 · Boston
by Stratemeyer, Edward
Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers, 1899. Hardcover. Good+ (Binding slightly loose, and covers showing edge/corner wear and cover/spine rubbing; one illus. detached but in its proper place; text clean). Blue-grey illus. cloth with US flag and gilt/black lettering. 344 pp. with bw frontis and 7 additional bw plates. The third volume of Stratemeyer's Old Glory Series of tales, written "to present to young readers a simple and straightforward statement concerning the several causes leading up to the war with Spain." This volume depicts the various campaigns in the US war with Spain. This volume tells the story of Walter Russll, who joins Commodore Schley's flagship, the Brooklyn, and sails with the Flying Squadron from Hampton Roads to Key West, Cienfuegos and the bottles up Admiral Cervera's fleet in Santiago Bay. (Inventory #: 147020)