THE WANDERINGS OF EDWARD ELY. A MID-19TH CENTURY SEAFARER'S DIARY.
by Ely, Edward
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About This Item
New York: Hastings House Publishers Book. Good. Hardcover. (1954), 217pp. G+ in Poor, badly chipped and taped dj, lacking the bottom third of the spine. Edited by Anthony and Allison Sirna. Edward Ely was born in 1827 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He studied medicine with his uncle, Doctor Ralph Lee. But in 1850, fearing for his own health and hoping that a long sea voyage and a change of climate would be beneficial, he abandoned his practice and set off on a voyage that would take him half way round the world, eventually ending up in India, where he was to assume the post of American Vice Consul. Along the way, he recorded his adventures in California where the Gold Rush was still on, his romance with a Mexican senorita, visits to several South Pacific isles, and physical confrontations with various crew members. Tragically, he died in 1858 at the age of thirty one, during a cholera outbreak in Bombay, while working to save others. For his devotion and bravery he was given an unprecedented naval burial with full hero's honors..
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- Legacy Books (US)
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- Title
- THE WANDERINGS OF EDWARD ELY. A MID-19TH CENTURY SEAFARER'S DIARY.
- Author
- Ely, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Publisher
- Hastings House Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- SHIPS AND THE SEA BIOGRAPHY
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