A Volunteer with Pike - 1st Edition/1st Printing
first edition Hardcover
1909 · Chicago
by Bennet, Robert Ames
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co.. Very Good+. 1909. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first Edition/First Printing in Very Good+ condition with wear mostly associated with age, a price sticker affixed to the rear board and some inking to the front flyleaf; Robert Ames Bennet tells the story of his experiences as a volunteer with the Pike Expedition of 1809. Bennet was one of only a handful of volunteer soldiers and sailors who volunteered for the expedition, and he tells the story of what it was like to be stranded on the ice for more than two months, fight off starvation and disease, and finally return home.; 8vo; 453 pages . (Inventory #: 124042)