WINCHESTER, SIMON

Krakatoa the Day the World Exploded

New York: Harpercollins, 2003. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0066212855. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The wrap-around band / dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Simon Winchester, OBE (born 28 September 1944) is a British-American author and journalist. In his career at The Guardian newspaper, Winchester covered numerous significant events, including Bloody Sunday and the Watergate Scandal. Winchester has written or contributed to more than a dozen nonfiction books, has written one novel, and has contributed to several travel magazines, among them Condé Nast Traveler, Smithsonian Magazine, and National Geographic. He lives in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 41538

Catalogue: World History

Keywords: 0066212855 World History Simon Winchester Krakatoa Volcanoes Volcanic Eruptions Disasters

WITTE, EMIL

Revelations of a German Attache Ten Years of German-American Diplomacy

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1916. Trade Edition. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The lettering on the spine of the book is mostly rubbed off. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper, and an ink stamped previous owner's name and address on the front pastedown page. The rear pastedown page has a previous owner's inked date. "One of the most interesting and at the same time aggravating books resulting from the war is “The Revelations of a German Attaché, ” by Emil Witte, who was attached to the German Embassy at Washington and the Foreign Office at Berlin from 1898 to 1907. Witte contends that Germany is the chief foe of the United States, that she seeks and has long sought war with this country, and that more than once conflict was perilously near. It was narrowly averted, he declares, during the memorable visit of Prince Henry to this country. This visit, Witte insists, was for the purpose of increasing the fealty of Germans in America to the Fatherland. While Prince Henry was here it was decided to give Von Holleben, the German ambassador to the United States, his passports, and demand his recall. This, at any time, was perilously near to being a war move—to have it occur during the prince's visit, or to have the news of the impending action leak out, would surely bring about conflict. When it was seen that the intended recall could not be kept secret much longer the prince cut short his visit and hurried home. Two days later the storm broke, and Von Holleben was given his passports. It is not made at all clear by Witte just why the ambassador was recalled, or whether his recall was intended by a certain group of American politicians to provoke war. Here is rather an amusing account of one of the results of Von Holleben's recall: " (from the Argonaut - vol. 79). Very Good .

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Book number: 40737

Catalogue: World History

Keywords: World History Emil Witte German-american Diplomacy Diplomacy Ambassadors