From the Mississippi to the Sea

Philadelphia, PA: Dorrance & Company, Inc., 1930. First Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. 483, [1] pages. Illustrations. Appendices (A-D). Inscribed to Anson Jackson (who was a Colonel in the Infantry Reserve). Anson address label on back of frontis illustration. Some foxing to text, discoloration inside boards & flyleaves. Some scratches and foxing to fore-edge. Spine faced. Presentation copy signed and dated by the author. Robert Edward Coontz (June 11, 1864 ? January 26, 1935) was an admiral in the United States Navy, who sailed with the Great White Fleet and served as the second Chief of Naval Operations. Coontz graduated from the Naval Academy in 1885, and served at the Navy Department and in several ships over the next decade. He returned to the Navy Department late in 1894, to work on updating officer records, then was assigned to the cruiser USS Philadelphia, the Coast Survey and the cruiser USS Charleston. During the Spanish? American War Coontz seized control of Guam, then joined Admiral George Dewey in the Philippines. Coontz saw action in the Philippine?American War. Rear Admiral Coontz covers his naval service in the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, Vera Cruz incident, World War I, and the great cruise of the Fleet to New Zealand and Australia. Illustrations and references include: U.S.S. Pinta, U.S.S. Michigan, U.S.S. Enterprise, U.S.S. Philadelphia, U.S.S. Nebraska, U.S.S. Wyoming, U.S.S. Iowa, and U.S.S. Maryland. Condition: Good.

Keywords: Memoirs, United States Navy, Spanish-American War, Philippines, WW1, Guam, Vera Cruz, Alaska, Honolulu, Samoa, Guam, Bremerton, Chief of Naval Operations, USS Pinta, USS Michigan, USS Enterprise, USS Philadelphia, USS Nebraska, USS Wyoming, USS Iowa

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