Old MARITIME HISTORY MASSACHUSETTS 1783 - 1860 NORTHWEST FUR TRADE EAST INDIES

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Old MARITIME HISTORY MASSACHUSETTS 1783 - 1860 NORTHWEST FUR TRADE EAST INDIES :
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Old MARITIME HISTORY MASSACHUSETTS 1783 - 1860 NORTHWEST FUR TRADE EAST INDIES
Offered here is The Maritime History of Massachusetts 1783 - 1860, by Samuel Eliot Morison. Illustrated. Published in Boston by Houghton Mifflin in 1921. First Edition.
Samuel Eliot Morison, (July 9, 1887 – May 15, 1976) was an American historian noted for his works ofmaritime historyand American history that were both authoritative and highly popular. He received his Ph.D. fromHarvard Universityin 1912, and taught history at the university for 40 years. He wonPulitzer PrizesforAdmiral of the Ocean Sea(1942), a biography ofChristopher Columbus, andJohn Paul Jones: A Sailor\'s Biography(1959). In 1942, he was commissioned to write ahistory of United States naval operationsinWorld War II, which was published in 15 volumes between 1947 and 1962. Morison wrote the popularOxford History of the American People(1965), and co-authored the classic textbookThe Growth of the American Republic(1930) withHenry Steele Commager. Over the course of his distinguished career, Morison received eleven honorary doctoral degrees, and garnered numerous literary prizes, military honors, and national awards from both foreign countries and the United States, including twoPulitzer Prizes, twoBancroft Prizes, theBalzan Prize, theLegion of Merit, and thePresidential Medal of Freedom.[1]
Condition: Good Plus. Spine lightly sunned and wear to top and bottom of spine. Inside, clean and tight with pages lightly age-toned. Numerous b&w plates. Map endpapers.9\" x 6\" with 401 pages.