{"product_id":"memoirs-of-nathaniel-fanning-an-officer-in-the-revolutionary-navy-1778-1783","title":"Memoirs of Nathaniel Fanning, An Officer in the Revolutionary Navy, 1778-1783","description":"\u003cp\u003eFanning, Nathaniel; Barnes, John S. [editor]. \u003cstrong\u003eFanning's Narrative : Being the Memoirs of Nathaniel Fanning, An Officer in the Revolutionary Navy, 1778-1783 (Publications of the Naval History Society, Volume II). \u003c\/strong\u003eNew York: Printed for the Naval History Society by the De Vinne Press, 1912. Limited Edition. [11834]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParchment spine with plain blue paper boards, light edge-wear, 9 1\/2 x 6 1\/2 inches, top page edges gilt, joints good, tight. [i]-xxii], [2], I-VIII, 1-258 clean pp. Spine with light soil, some toning to the edge of the boards. Good. Hardcover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo. 85 of three hundred copies printed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The narrative of Nathaniel Fleming, which is here republished by the Naval History Society, forms the earliest known autobiography of a man who served with John Paul Jones as an officer on the Bon Homme Richard, Serapis, Alliance, and Ariel. Having been a prisoner of war in England, he was exchanged, made his way to France, and enlisted on the Bon Homme Richard at Nantes, in March, 1779. He was appointed a midshipman by Jones, and, by his own account, was additionally employed by Jones as secretary or clerk...Upon Fanning's death, his heirs or representatives probably found among his effects the manuscript, and printed it as if for the author, with the title-page of 1806, and with the dedication to his friend John Jackson. Two years later the title-page was replaced by that of 1808, which was pasted upon one of the fly-leaves, the dedication and twenty-four pages expurgated, and the book then offered for sale...The extremely rare copies of either now to be found would show that a very limited number were printed, and few got into circulation.\" - Editor's Preface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNathaniel Fanning (1755-1805), b. Stonington, CT; d. Charleston, SC. Fanning was born to the Patriot family, his sea merchant father being one of the largest suppliers of provisions to Washington's army. Nathaniel became an officer in the Continental Navy, was captured at sea and sent to England, and was later released and became an officer with John Paul Jones on the Bonhomme Richard. Fanning continued to serve under Jones as Jones was promoted to different ships, was wounded and again captured, and again exchanged to France, where he was commissioned a lieutenant in the French Navy. After the War he was commissioned a lieutenant in the US Navy and in 1805 while in command of a gunboat in Charleston, SC, he died of yellow fever.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haaswurth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43017116942402,"sku":"ABE11834","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0191\/6066\/2082\/files\/DSC06004BackgroundRemoved.png?v=1771878465","url":"https:\/\/www.haaswurth.com\/products\/memoirs-of-nathaniel-fanning-an-officer-in-the-revolutionary-navy-1778-1783","provider":"Haaswurth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}