Yankee of the Yalu
Subtitle: Philo Norton McGiffin, American captain in the Chinese Navy, 1885-1895.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Publisher: Dutton
Published: 1968
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: McGiffin, Philo Norton, 1860-1897; McGiffin, Philo Norton, 1860-1897; Chinese-Japanese War, 1894-1895
Description: Because of a Congressional cutback in appropriations in 1894 commissions were not available for several Annapolis graduates. This is the biography of one graduate who offered his services to China and performed several missions for them prior to the Boxer Rebellion.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 158-160.