Life and Adventures of "Jack" Philip, Rear Admiral, United States Navy; A Memorial Magazine in Four Numbers May, June, July, and August, 1903
Published by The Baker & Taylor Co. [Spine reads The Illustrated Navy], New York City, 1903
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[2], 280, [2] pages. Frontis Illustration. Decorative front cover. Illustrations. Some weakness at front and back hinges. Some cover wear. Edgar Stanton Maclay (18 April 1863, - 2 November 1919) was an American journalist and historian. He was a reporter on the Brooklyn Times (1886-1890) and on the New York Tribune (1891-1893); served on the editorial staff of the Tribune (1893-1895) and on that of the New York Sun (1895-1896). He was was the author of History of the United States Navy, which occasioned controversy and brought about his dismissal from government employ, by order of President Roosevelt, in 1901. This work includes Articles by: William McKinley, Alfred Thayer Mahan, John Davis Long, William Thomas Samson, Mary Philip Wheelock, David Howard Tribou, Henry B. F. Macfarland, Robert Edward Steele, George Beall Balch, Francis John Higginson, Henry Clay Taylor, Francis Tiffany Bowles, Wilton Merle Smith, Edward Biddle Latch, Marcus H. Rogers, Daniel Delehanty, and Francis J. Haeseler. There have been few officers in the United States navy whose careers have been so nearly ideal as that of John Woodward Philip. His life-long devotion to duty, his conscientious carrying-on of routine in the many weary years of peace-weary at least to sea-warriors-his entire innocence of newspaper press bureaus or politico-social influence, his superb conduct in battle, his modest, sailor-like acknowledgment of the plaudits of his countrymen, and, more than all, his beautiful Christian character have peculiarly endeared him to the American people. As a standard of naval excellence for the emulation of younger officers, the career of Philip is unsurpassed and cannot fail of beneficial results. During the Spanish-American War, his ship led the attack and silenced the fort on Cayo del Toro, Guantanamo Bay, on 15 June 1898. On 3 July 1898, in command of Texas, he participated in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba, in which Pascual Cervera y Topete's Spanish Fleet was destroyed off Santiago de Cuba. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. …
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Life and Adventures of "Jack" Philip, Rear Admiral, United States Navy; A Memorial Magazine in Four Numbers May, June, July, and August, 1903
- Author
- Maclay, Edgar Stanton, and Philip, Barrett (Assister)
- Publisher
- The Baker & Taylor Co. [Spine reads The Illustrated Navy], New York City
- Publication year
- 1903
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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