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Contains 1 Result:
Bound volume (11x13in.); handwritten manuscript pages mounted to leaves; typed translation also mounted on final pages. Full calf binding in maroon with gold lettering and trim.
Item — Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This volume includes a 5-page description, handwritten by Dumas, of an expedition in 1862 that led General Giuseppe Garibaldi unknowingly into the hands of Italian troops at Aspromonte, where he was taken prisoner along with his sons. It details how the unnamed conspirators pretended to get lost, leading Garibaldi to a cabin where he was captured. The remainder of the volume consists of a 4-page typed translation into English.
Dates:
1862