Recollections of a Naval Officer 1841-1865.
First edition of William Harwar Parker's Recollections of a Naval Officer 1841-1865
Recollections of a Naval Officer 1841-1865.
PARKER, William Harwar.
$125.00
Item Number: 132774
New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1883.
William Harwar Parker was an officer in the United States Navy and later in the Confederate States Navy. His autobiography, Recollections of a Naval Officer 1841–1865, provides a unique insight into the United States Navy of the mid-19th century during an era when the Age of Sail was coming to an end and the advent of steam power and ironclads was beginning.