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With Perry on Lake Erie

Chapter 29: The Treasury Club
By James Otis
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The narrator, a young sailor raised at Presque Isle, recounts joining Alexander Perry and his brother Oliver as they build and man gunboats, prepare a small fleet, and engage in naval operations on Lake Erie during the war. The account follows the daily labor of shipbuilding, the challenges of limited manpower and supply, episodes of hiding and narrow escapes, scouting and cruising, and the climactic ship-to-ship battle that secures control of the lake. Told from a youthful perspective, the narrative emphasizes comradeship, resourcefulness, and the practical details of small-ship warfare.

The Treasury Club

A STORY OF THE UNITED STATES TREASURY DEPARTMENT

BY

WILLIAM DRYSDALE

330 pp. Ill.      12mo.      Cloth, $1.50

First Volume in the United States Government Series.

This, the first volume in the United States Government Series, blends true information with an interesting story; it teaches and entertains at the same time.—Congregationalist.

It is an intelligently written narrative in story form, and will prove most interesting to all up-to-date young people. The idea of the book is both good in itself and most commendably worked out.—Dial.

“The Treasury Club” is a unique book, full of useful and valuable information. Parents will be glad to be able to get such a book as this to place in the hands of their children.—Boston Journal.

We welcome most heartily this most recent book by Mr. Drysdale. Should the subsequent volumes in this series be as entertaining as is this one, the entire set will be worthy of a high place among young people’s books.—The Standard.

The underlying idea of the United States Government Series, of which this volume is the first, is a most excellent one. It is to give young readers an idea of the practical workings of the various departments of the United States Government, imparting special interest to the descriptions by putting them into story form. This volume, treating as it does of persons who may be seen to-day in and around the Treasury Department, and treating of facts gathered on the ground, is an exceedingly valuable addition to our young people’s literature. Certainly it is a most useful, instructive, and interesting volume.—Boston Transcript.