American Pioneers and Patriots. Captain William Kidd, and Others of the Pirates or Buccaneers Who Ravaged the Seas, the Islands, and the Continents of America Two Hundred Years Ago

by Abbott, John S (Tevens) C(Abot)

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New York: Dodd & Mead. Very Good. 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. 373 pages, illustrations, pictorial cloth, backstrip little sun-faded otherwise very good plus. From the Wikipedia website: John Stevens Cabot Abbott (1805–1877) , an American historian, pastor, and pedagogical writer, was born in Brunswick, Maine. He was a brother of Jacob Abbott, and was associated with him in the management of Abbott's Institute, New York City, and in the preparation of his series of brief historical biographies. ~ He was a voluminous writer of books on Christian ethics, and of popular histories, which were credited with cultivating a popular interest in history. He is best known as the author of the widely popular History of Napoleon Bonaparte (1855) , in which the various elements and episodes in Napoleon's career are described. Abbott takes a very favourable view towards his subject throughout. Also among his principal works are: History of the Civil War in America (1863-1866) , and The History of Frederick II, Called Frederick the Great (New York, 1871). ; 373 pages .

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