George Horatio Derby was a soldier, cartographer,
humorist, engineer, and practical joker.
He surveyed the Sacramento Valley, the Tulare Valley, San Diego Harbor, the mouth of the Colorado River. His humor concepts were used and
"expanded" by Mark Twain.
He knew and interacted with General Winfield Scott,Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, and William Tecumseh Sherman. He was a classmate of George Pickett, George McClellan, and Stonewall Jackson.
Dettagli
- Data di pubblicazione
- Dec 2, 2007
- Lingua
- English
- ISBN
- 9780557047147
- Categoria
- Storia
- Copyright
- Tutti i diritti riservati - Licenza di copyright standard
- Collaboratori
- Di (autore): Richard Paskowitz
Specifiche
- Pagine
- 89
- Tipo di rilegatura
- Libro a copertina morbida Libro a copertina morbida
- Colore del contenuto
- Bianco e nero
- Dimensioni
- US Trade (152 x 229 mm)