story of the Philippines, the Eldorado of the Orient
Subtitle: natural riches, industrial resources, statistics of productions, commerce and population, the laws, habits, customs, scenery, and conditions of the Cuba of the East Indies, and the thousand islands of the archipelagoes of India and Hawaii, with episodes of their early history : personal character sketches of and interviews with Admiral Dewey, General Merritt, General Aguinaldo, and the Archbishop of Manila ... events of the war in the west with Spain, and the conquest of Cuba and Porto Rico
By: by Murat Halstead.
Publisher: Our Possessions Pub. Co.
Published: 1898
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 512
Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898; Philippines -- Description and travel; Philippines -- History; Philippines -- History -- Revolution, 1896-1898; United States -- History -- 1865-1921
Other titles: Rare Book Collection.
Notes: Half title: The story of the Philippines and our new possessions, including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico.

Gift; O'Connor; January 2002

Gift of Dan O'Connor.

Library copy: Original gray-green cloth binding with gilt printing and gilt, red, and blue decorations on front cover and spine; front and back hinges loose; fading and stains on front and back covers. Previous owners signature in ink on front fly leaf; earlier inscription in ink on prelim. page.