Reed, Samuel Rockwell
Entry updated 31 August 2018. Tagged: Author.
(1820-1889) US author of a Future War novel, The War of 1886, between the United States and Great Britain [for subtitle see Checklist] (1882), in which, after Canada has once again been attacked from the south, Britain mounts a successful Invasion of America, only to find that victory has brought economic costs, and that defeat has revitalized the US. [JC]
Samuel Rockwell Reed
born 6 May 1820
died Toledo, Ohio: 6 October 1889
works
- The War of 1886, between the United States and Great Britain: The Surprising Experience – The Military and Financial Situation of our Beloved Country – Capture of the Lake, Sea-Board, and Mississippi-River Cities and the Capital – The British Terms of Peace – The Military and Financial Reconstruction (Cincinnati, Ohio: Robert Clarke and Company, 1882) [hb/]
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