Author: Ticknor, George,
Title: Life of William Hickling Prescott.
Description: Boston, Ticknor & Fields, (1864). G. American historian born in Salem, MA 1796-1859. Forest green binding with gilt decoration & lettering on spine. Damp stained. During course at Harvard, an accident destroyed sight in his left eye & subsequent inflammation weakend other eye so he was nearly blind all his life but he still determined upon a literary career & devoted himself to the study of Spanish history. Wrote "History of the Reign of Ferdinand & Isabella the Catholic; History of the Conquest of Mexico; History of the Conquest of Peru and worked on History of the Reign of Philip the Second but did not live to complete this work.

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