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Autobiography of George Dewey, admiral of the Navy.

Title
Autobiography of George Dewey, admiral of the Navy.
Author
Dewey, George, 1837-1917.
Publication
New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913.

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TextRestricted use Arents S 1741Schwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328

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Description
xii, 337 p., [32] leaves of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Dewey, George, 1837-1917
  • United States. Navy > Biography
  • Manila Bay, Battle of, Philippines, 1898
  • Spanish-American War, 1898 > Naval operations
  • Admirals > United States > Biography
  • Tobacco and seamen
  • United States > History > Naval operations. > Civil War, 1861-1865
Note
  • Reprint of the 1913 ed.
  • "I also chewed tobacco ... However, when I went to the Mediterranean ... and found that the British and other foreign officers did not chew, I became convinced that it was a filthy, vulgar habit in which no officer or gentleman should indulge": p. 2.
  • Includes index.
Call Number
Arents S 1741
LCCN
13019511
OCLC
  • 1377866
  • NYPG82-B5479
Author
Dewey, George, 1837-1917.
Title
Autobiography of George Dewey, admiral of the Navy.
Imprint
New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913.
Local Note
Author's presentation copy, inscribed to P. Lee Philips Nov. 1914.
Provenance: William Hartmann Woodin (bookplate).
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Research Call Number
Arents S 1741
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