The sailor boy, or, Jack Somers in the navy
Subtitle: a story of the Great Rebellion
By: by Oliver Optic, author of Rich and humble, In school and out, The Boat Club, All aboard, Now or never, Try again, Poor and proud, Little by little, The Riverdale story books, etc
Contributors: Champney, W. L., illustrator; Brown, Nathan (Wood engraver), engraver; Lee and Shepard
Series: Army and navy stories -- II
Publisher: Lee and Shepard (successors to Phillips, Sampson & Co.)
Published: 1865
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
Subjects: Juvenile fiction; History
Other titles: Sailor boy; Jack Somers in the navy
Notes: In original publisher's binding: blue cloth with a border stamped in blind on boards; title, author, and illustration of a young sailor on board ship stamped in gilt on spine.

LC copy has inscription: Willie Pearson, from his father, Saturday, October 21st, 1865.