Book Cover of My Hunt After 'The Captain'

My Hunt After 'The Captain'

by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Holmes describes his frantic search through Civil War torn landscapes for his wounded son, the future Supreme Court Justice. Originally published in The Atlantic Magazine, 1862. Holmes, Sr. (1809 -1894) was an American physician, poet, professor, lecturer, and author. He was regarded by his peers as one of the best writers of the 19th century. His most famous prose works are the "Breakfast Table" series, which began with The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table (1858). He is also recognized as an important medical reformer.

Book Details

Language

English

Original Language

English

Published In

1862

Genre/Category

Tags/Keywords

Authors

Oliver Wendell Holmes image

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932. Noted for his long service, concise and pithy opinions,...

Books by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Listen/Download Audiobook

Read by:
00:00
Playback Speed 1.0
00:00
  • Select Speed

Related books

Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania Cover image

Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania by Frederick Herman Tilberg

On the gently rolling farm lands surrounding the little town of Gettysburg, Pa., was fought one of the great decisive battles of American history. For...

Batalla de los Arapiles Cover image

Batalla de los Arapiles by Benito Pérez Galdós

In the midst of the bloody Peninsular War between Spain and France, Gabriel Araceli, a young and idealistic soldier, finds himself at the heart of the...

Campaign For Petersburg Cover image

Campaign For Petersburg by Richard Wayne Lykes

This booklet, published in 1970 by the National Park Service, narrates the significant ten-month campaign for the city of Petersburg, Virginia, during...

Sir Francis Drake Cover image

Sir Francis Drake by Julian Corbett

In this short book, the British Naval historian, Julian Stafford Corbett, chronicles the adventurous career of Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596), the farm...

Admirals All Cover image

Admirals All by Sir Henry Newbolt

Admirals All is a collection of poems by Sir Henry Newbolt, a British poet and military historian, published in 1897. The poems explore themes of nava...

Indian Frontier Policy, an Historical Sketch Cover image

Indian Frontier Policy, an Historical Sketch by General Sir John Miller Adye

"The subject of our policy on the North-West frontier of India is one of great importance, as affecting the general welfare of our Eastern Empire, and...

History of the Thirty Years War, Volume 3 Cover image

History of the Thirty Years War, Volume 3 by Friedrich Schiller

The History of the Thirty Years War is a five volume work, which followed his very successful History of the Revolt of the Netherlands. Written for a...

Hospital Transports; A Memoir Of The Embarkation Of The Sick And Wounded From The Peninsula Of Virginia In The Summer Of 1862 Cover image

Hospital Transports; A Memoir Of The Embarkation Of The Sick And Wounded From The Peninsula Of Virginia In The Summer Of 1862 by Frederick Law Olmsted

Frederick Law Olmsted's 'Hospital Transports' is a firsthand account of his experience transporting wounded soldiers during the American Civil War. He...

 A Noble Woman The Life-Story of Edith Cavell Cover image

A Noble Woman The Life-Story of Edith Cavell by Ernest Protheroe

Edith L. Cavell (1865–1915) was a British nurse who attended to soldiers of both sides during World War I, and helped some 200 Allied soldiers escape...

Deluge Volume 1 Cover image

Deluge Volume 1 by Henryk Sienkiewicz

Set against the backdrop of the tumultuous Swedish invasion of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, known as the Deluge, 'The Deluge' follows the compl...

Reviews for My Hunt After 'The Captain'

No reviews posted or approved, yet...