Memoirs of a Soldier of Fortune
Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Co., 1932. First Printing. 380, frontis illus., text somewhat darkened, pencil address inside front flyleaf, large tear at spine, spine quite worn. Top and bottom edges of spine threadbare, boards worn and edges threadbare, small stains on a few pages. Memoir of gun-running days in the Caribbean, cattle-rustling along the Rio Grande, hunting for gold in Alaska and Nevada, big game hunting in West Africa, fighting in Mexico and Venezuela, and directing the siege of Van, the capital of Armenia. At the age of 18 he was a second lieutenant in the Spanish army, and fought in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Condition: as is.
Keywords: Venezuela, Turkey, Near East, Central America, Alaska, Spanish-Am War, WW1, Gun-running, Big Game Hunting
[Book #50970]
Price: $35.00