Officer's Row 1904 AS NEW

Bennington, Vermont: Merriam Press Military Monograph Series, 2013. Third Impression. Paperback. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. . Demy table, [8.5 by 8.5inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 84, Illustrated with b-w halftones and colour plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Officers' Row is a work of historical fiction, based on a true story, that captures a bygone era in San Diego at the turn of the century. The book chronicles the tragic explosion of the USS Bennington that took the lives of 65 men. The explosion took place on July 21, 1905 in San Diego Bay and is one of the most terrible peacetime military disasters of all time. Politics, romance, and tragedy unfold as high society embraces the local military and the two worlds unite. Based on research by the author while living in those historic quarters. Written by Navy wife and historian Mary Ellen Cortellini who, a century later, found herself sitting on the front porch of her new home at Officers’ Row looking out across San Diego Bay. It’s a smart-looking, quick-read that brings to life many forgotten pieces of the past, while adding personalities and personal interaction based on written accounts of the time. The author turns her attention to late-Victorian detail, both in her characters and of the era, provide a lovely backdrop to the story. 104 color/sepia photos, paintings, drawings, illustrations.