The War in Nicaragua (With a Colored Map of Nicaragua)

Mobile: S. H. Goetzel & Co, 1860. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. 431pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Brown pebbled cloth over boards with embossed designs. Frontispiece portrait of William Walker. Text block coming away from the spine at the rear. Cloth at the spine ends chipped. Gilt title on spine faded. With the map at the rear, in very good condition. William Walker (1824-1860) was an adventurer, filibuster, and revolutionary leader who managed to make himself president of Nicaragua (1856-57). This is Walker's first-hand description (told in the third person) of his own war in Nicaragua, published the same year as his death. Shortly after publishing this book, Walker returned to Central America, where he attempted to filibuster again, and was then executed by the Honduran government. (Inventory #: 68073)