Journal of an African Cruiser: Comprising Sketches of the Canaries, the Cape de Verds, Liberia, Madeira, Sierra Leone, and Other Places of Interest on the West Coast of Africa [Presentation Copy]
New York: George P. Putnam & Co., 1853. Handsome copy of this volume Hawthorne edited for his friend and patron Horatio Bridge (1806-1893), a United States Navy officer. First printed in wrappers in 1845, Journal is the narrative of Bridge's trip on the USS Saratoga, "the flagship of Commodore Matthew..... More