In pirate waters book summary
Kirk Munroe was an American writer and conservationist His works include Wakulla A Story of Adventure in Florida 1886 The Flamingo Feather 1887 Derrick Sterling A Story of the Mines 1888 Cab and Caboose The Story of a Railroad Boy 1892 Raftmates A Story of the Great River 1893 Campmates A Story of the Plains 1893 The Fur Seals Tooth 1894 At War with Pontiac or The Totem of the Bear 1895 The Copper Princess A Story of Lake Superior Mines 1898 Forward March A Tale of the Spanish American War 1899 and Under the Great Bear 1900.
Books on pirate history Born Charles Kirk Munroe in a log cab near Prairie du Chien Wisconsin Munroe was the son of Charles and Susan Hall Munroe His youth was spent on the frontier after which Kirk Munroe was an American writer and conservationist His works include Wakulla A Story of Adventure in Florida 1886 The Flamingo Feather 1887 Derrick Sterling A Story of the Mines 1888 Cab and Caboose The Story of a Railroad Boy 1892 Raftmates A Story of the Great River 1893 Campmates A Story of the Plains 1893 The Fur Seal s Tooth 1894 At War with Pontiac or The Totem of the Bear 1895 The Copper Princess A Story of Lake Superior Mines 1898 Forward March A Tale of the Spanish American War 1899 and Under the Great Bear 1900.
In Pirate watersoft Born Charles Kirk Munroe in a log cab near Prairie du Chien Wisconsin Munroe was the son of Charles and Susan Hall Munroe His youth was spent on the frontier after which his family moved to Cambridge Massachusetts where he attended school until he was sixteen He publicly dropped Charles from his name in 1883 In 1876 Kirk Munroe was hired as a reporter for the New York Sun Three years later he became the first editor of Harper s Young People magazine he resigned in 1881 From 1879 to 1884 he was the commodore of New York Canoe club During this time he helped found the League of American Wheelmen with Charles E Pratt on May 31 1880 Munroe was the Wheelmen s first Commander He married Mary Barr daughter of Amelia E Barr on September 15 1883 The couple settled in Coconut Grove Miami Florida in 1886 Mary accompanied him on several cruises on the Allapata a thirty five foot sharpie ketch sailboat designed by Ralph Middleton Munroe While in Florida Munroe became a noted member of the Florida Audubon Society and recommended a family friend Guy Bradley to the position as game warden in southern Florida Bradley was later killed by plume hunters while on duty in the Everglades Munroe builds a tennis court on his property It is the first tennis court in Miami Dade county Munroe helped in establishing what is today called Ransom Everglades School After Mary died in September 1922 he married his second wife Mabel Stearns in 1924 Kirk Munroe died June 16 1930 at the age of 79 He was buried next to his first wife Mary at the Woodlawn Park Cemetery in Miami site_link This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923 This IS NOT an OCR d book with strange characters introduced typographical errors and jumbled words This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc that were either part of the original artifact or were introduced by the scanning process We believe this work is culturally important and despite the imperfections have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process and hope you enjoy this valuable book In Pirate Waters A Tale of the American Navy
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