F.K. Howard's Civil War Imprisonment

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Author: [Howard, Frank Key]
Title: Fourteen Months in American Bastiles
Place Published: Baltimore
Publisher:Kelly, Hedian & Piet
Date Published: 1863
Description:

89 pp. 23x15 cm (9x6"), original paper wrappers, lettering in blue.

Frank Key Howard (1826 - 1872) was the grandson of Francis Scott Key and Revolutionary War colonel John Eager Howard. Editor of the Daily Exchange, a Baltimore newspaper sympathetic to the Confederacy. He was arrested without a warrant at his home by U.S. Major General Nathaniel Prentice Banks on the direct orders of General George B. McClellan enforcing the policy of President Abraham Lincoln. This book details his experiences in prison.
Condition Report: Wrappers inexpertly repaired with scotch tape, light toning and wear to the wrappers, some flaking and loss along edges; toned and foxed; internally good or better.