Sword and Pen; Ventures and Adventures of William Glazier in War and Literature

Owens, John Algernon. Sword and Pen; or, Ventures and Adventures of William Glazier, (The Soldier-Author,) in War and Literature. Philadelphia: P. W. Ziegler & Company, 1883. [10943] Green cloth, front bordered in black with decorative corner pieces & title, back in blind, spine in gilt, 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, tight. Small private ink name stamps on end papers, frontispiece portrait of Glazier with tissue guard & printed signature. 516 clean pp. with many b/w wood-engraved plates by Roylance & Co. Very good. Hardcover. Title continues: Comprising Incidents and Reminiscences of his Childhood; His Chequered Life as a Student and Teacher; and His Remarkable Career as a Soldier and Author; Embracing also the Story of His Unprecedented Journey from Ocean to Ocean on Horseback; and an Account of His Discovery of the Source of the Mississippi River, and the Canoe Voyage from Thence to the Gulf of Mexico. Illustrated. Captain Willard Worcester Glazier was born in 1841, at Fowler, St. Lawrence County, New York.  He served through the Civil War in the New York Cavalry, and was twice taken prisoner by the Confederates. After the war he continued his adventures, once being captured by hostile Indians in the Wyoming Territory and managing to escape with his life. “In 1876 he went on horseback from Boston to San Francisco, was captured by hostile Indians in Wyoming Territory and escaped. In 1881 he traversed the entire length of the Mississippi in a canoe.” – from Allibone (1893).