With Walker in Nicaragua or Reminiscences of an Officer of the American Phalanx
Columbia, MO: E. W. Stephens Publishing Company, 1909.
First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [1], 181 pages, [1]. Frontispiece photograph of the author. A couple of illustrations in the book. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt title on the front cover and spine. Light soil to the cloth. Light edge wear to the cloth extremities. Previous owner illustrated bookplate on the front paste down. A small handful of articles related to Walker including an article in 1988 about Actor Ed Harris portraying Walker in a film are laid inside the book. From wikipedia: William Walker (May 8, 1824 – September 12, 1860) was an American physician, lawyer, journalist, and mercenary who organized several private military expeditions into Mexico and Central America with the intention of occupying the local nations and establishing slave-hold colonies, an enterprise then known as "filibustering". Walker usurped the presidency of Nicaragua in July 1856 and ruled until May 1, 1857,[1] when he was forced out[2] of the presidency and the country by a coalition of Central American armies. He returned in an attempt to re-establish his control of the region and was captured and executed by the government of Honduras in 1860. Good +. Item #24946
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