Author: DUVERGIER DE HAURANNE, ERNEST
Title: A Frenchman in Lincoln's America (Two Volumes, Complete) Huit Mois en Amerique: Lettres Et Notes de Voyage, 1864-1865
Description: Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1974. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt medallion on cover, fore and bottom edges deckle, t.e.g. Illustrated with one two-page map in each volume as well as a B&W frontispiece and several B&W photographs. "M. Duvergier de Hauranne's objective and unconstrained narrative presents a candid view of the land, its people, and its political thought. Even as he was crossing the Atlantic, the author talked with proponents of both Union and Confederate philosophies. As he continued his journey, he held other discussions with political and social leaders as well as ordinary citizens" - from the Publishers' Preface. Both volumes are in excellent condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. FINE.. The Lakeside Classics Series. Maps and Photographs. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. (liv), (iii), 532; (xlii), (iii), 634 pp. Fine with No dust jacket as issued .

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