Peculiarities of American Cities (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) CAPTAIN WILLARD GLAZIER

Captain Willard Glazier (1841-1905) was an American author. In 1861, he enlisted in the 2d New York, or Harris cavalry regiment. He had reached the rank of lieutenant, when he was taken prisoner in a cavalry skirmish near Buckland Mills, Virginia and sent to Libby prison. He was afterward transferred to Georgia, to Charleston, and then to Columbia, South Carolina, whence he made his escape, but was recaptured near Springfield, Georgia. He escaped again from Sylvania, Georgia in 1864, and returned home. In 1876 he went from Boston to San Francisco on horseback, and was captured by hostile Indians near Skull Rocks, Wyoming territory, but made his escape. In 1881 he made a canoe voyage of 3,000 miles, from the head-waters to the mouth of the Mississippi, and claimed to be the discoverer of a small lake south of Lake Itasca. His works include: Three Years in the Federal Cavalry (1874), Heroes of Three Wars (1882), Peculiarities of American Cities (1883) and Ocean to Ocean on Horseback (1896). Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Peculiarities of American Cities (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) (Captain Willard Glazier)