Fannings Narrative The Memoirs Of Nathaniel Fanning An Officer Of The American Navy 1778 1783

Author : Nathaniel Fanning
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331561074
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Fanning's Narrative written by Nathaniel Fanning and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Fanning's Narrative: Being the Memoirs of Nathaniel Fanning, an Officer of the Revolutionary Navy, 1778-1783 New London or elsewhere, and it is plain that Buell never saw the narrative. Buell also states that Fanning was alive in 1846, and drew prize-money in that year for his services on the Bon Homme Richard. He prob ably bases this upon the statement in Sherburne's life (new York, that sixty-six dollars was paid to Nathaniel Fanning in that year. The fact is, that Fan ning died in Charleston in 1805, then fifty years of age; the prize-money paid was probably given to some rela tive or heir claiming it under the act of Congress awarding prize-money at that late date to the officers and crew of the Bon Homme Richard and Alliance. The second title-page of Fanning's narrative, in 1808, which replaced the original one Of 1806, first disclosed the author's name. That Fanning's book should have been published anonymously will be accounted for by a perusal of it. Jones was at that time a popular hero in this country and abroad, and it may reasonably be supposed that in 1806 F anning's heirs did not desire that his name as its author Should appear, as his com ments upon his old commander's private character, and the scandalous stories he relates of Jones's conduct on shore, might have involved him in serious trouble with the survivors of the times of which he wrote. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.