Old Ironsides the Hero of Tripoli and and Other Tales and Adventures on Sea and Land (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Old Ironsides the Hero of Tripoli and and Other Tales and Adventures on Sea and Land It was during the Civil War that I first saw Charles Stewart, popularly known as 'Old Ironsides, " but generally called Commodore Stewart by his neighbors. He was living at White Hill, on the outskirts of Bordenton, N. J., and made famous afterward as the residence of Mrs. Delia Parnell, his daughter-in-law. It was on a crisp winter day in mid-winter. When I presented myself at the door I was told that the commodore was at work in the barn. Going thither I found the great naval hero busily pouring corn into a sheller, the handle of which a lusty Irishman was turning. The commodore good-naturedly laid aside his implement and briskly led the way to the house, where we chatted for a couple of hours. He insisted upon my coming again, and I did so quite frequently, through summer and winter, until near his final sickness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.