Morris Hall Bailey
Boston: NA, 1922. Octavo, red cloth hard cover, 60 pp., frontispiece, black and white illustrations throughout. Some rubbing on extremities of hard cover, a little fragile in spine fold of paste downs, otherwise a very fine copy. Inscription from Morris' Mother and Father to Laurence's parents, May 10, 1922. A scarce account and memoir of Morris Hall Bailey, Lieutenant (J.G.) U.S.N.R.F. Including biography of his early years, born in 1898 and attending Harvard College before his entry into service in 1917. This book transcribes dozens of letters by Morris to his family about his war time experiences, including his last flight before his death in 1919 from Carlston Field, Arcadia, Florida. The following a excerpt from Captain Stanley B. Hall, in memoriam: "Soldier, aviator, pioneer in the uncharted empire of the air, he gave his life for his country and the progress of humanity" Item #3889
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