Books from the 1800s: Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army (1862), White Slavery in the Barbary States (1853), and Daniel Boone (1833)

Updated July 21: All three books have been sold.

• Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army: Being A Narrative Of Personal Adventures In The Infantry, Ordnance, Cavalry, Courier, And Hospital Services (1862) — Sold

Chronicles the personal experiences of a New Yorker impressed into the Confederate army. The author provides a detailed account of his time in various branches of the army, including infantry, ordnance, cavalry, courier, and hospital services. Through his narrative, readers gain insight into the daily life of a soldier during the war, capturing the challenges and hardships faced by those on both sides. This book is a valuable historical document that offers a unique perspective from within the Confederate army.

• White Slavery in the Barbary States by Charles Sumner (1853) — Sold

  The Barbary slave trade refers to the slave markets that flourished on the Barbary Coast of North Africa, which included the Ottoman provinces of Algeria, Tunisia and Tripolitania and the independent sultanate of Morocco, between the 16th and middle of the 18th century. The Ottoman provinces in North Africa were nominally under Ottoman suzerainty, but in reality they were mostly autonomous. The North African slave markets were part of the Arab slave trade.

  The Barbary Coast European slaves were acquired by Barbary pirates in slave raids on ships and by raids on coastal towns from Italy to the Netherlands, as far north as Iceland and east into the Mediterranean.

  The Ottoman eastern Mediterranean was the scene of intense piracy. As late as the 18th century, piracy continued to be a “consistent threat to maritime traffic in the Aegean.”

Written by the famed abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner.

• The First White Man of the West, or the Life and Exploits of Col. Dan’l. Boone, the First Settle of Kentucky; Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country by Timothy Flint (1833) — Sold

This often reprinted biography helped shape the popular image of Boone as a heroic pioneer able to overcome the hazards of frontier life with little more than his own ingenuity. Among other tall tales, Flint invented Boone’s famous encounter with a bear, which he was said to have killed in hand-to-hand combat.

Varying degrees of toning, soiling, chipping, tears, etc. Please refer to the photographs for further condition information.

Shipping: $5.95 each