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Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1900, this biography of English explorer William Cotton Oswell (181893) was compiled by his eldest son from correspondence with his family and friends. Volume 2 includes an account of Oswell's journey to the Crimean front, where he worked in hospitals between 1854 and 1855.
Table of Contents10. England. 1852–3; 11. Retrospect of his African career, and the opinion of him held by contemporary travellers; 12. Paris, Constantinople, Crimea. 1853–5; 13. North and South America and West Indies. 1855–6; 14. England. 1856–60; 15. 1860–5; 16. 1865–9; 17. 1869–73; 18. 1873–8; 19. 1878–85; 20. 1885–90; 21. 1890–2; 22. 1892–3; 23. His friends' farewell; 24. Characteristic extracts from the correspondence and personal reminiscences of William Cotton Oswell; Index.
