Strother David Hunter Edited by Cecil D Eby (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, xx, 294 pgs, index, introduction by Cecil Ely. Gilt stamped spine on light red cloth. With dust jacket as issued. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Near fine with minor shelf rubbing. Interior is clean and tight. Unclipped DJ is near fine in mylar sleeve. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION:David Hunter Strother was an American journalist, artist, and brevet Brigadier General, and diplomat from West Virginia. Both before and after the American Civil War (in which he was initially a war correspondent), Strother was a successful 19th-century American magazine illustrator and writer, popularly known by his pseudonym, "Porte Crayon". A Union topographer and nominal cavalry commander during the war, Strother rose to the rank of brevet Brigadier General of Volunteers, and afterward restructured the Virginia Military Institute, as well as serving as U.S. consul in Mexico. REFERENCES: NEVINS I pg 165: "The celebrated 'Porte Cranyon's' Civil War diaries are a rich source for data on the Eastern Theater in general and the Shenandoah Valley in particular." MULLINS/REED #221.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. nice copy but a couple of chips to dust jacket.