THE BUTCHER OF CAWNPORE

NEW YORK: STREET & SMITH, 1900 NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER, SOLDIER ON FRONT WITH GUN, ORANGE AND BLACK DESIGN, GOLD PRINT SPINE. FRONT LOWER RIGHT CORNER SLIGHTLY BUMPED. FORMER OWNERS LABEL IN FRONT, JC PENNEY STICKER FRONT. NO OTHER MARKINGS, TIGHT AND GOOD SHAPE. RARE BOOK. The Siege of Cawnpore was a key episode in the Indian rebellion of 1857. The besieged British in Cawnpore (now Kanpur) were unprepared for an extended siege and surrendered to rebel Indian forces under Nana Sahib, in return for a safe passage to Allahabad. However, under ambiguous circumstances, their evacuation from Cawnpore turned into a massacre, and most of them were killed. WILLIAM MURRAY GRAYDON- (1864¿1946) published fourteen books for boys from 1897, including The Fighting Lads of Devon, or, In the Days of the Armada (1900), The Jungle Trappers: A Tale of the Indian Jungle (1905), Lost in the Slave Land, or, The Mystery of the Sacred Lamp Rock (1902), On Winding Waters: A Tale of Adventure and Peril (1902), With Cossack and Convict: A Realistic Story (1903), and With Musketeer and Redskin: A Tale of New Plymouth (1904). ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.