The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore
London: Eveleigh Nash, 1913. Original. Hardcover. Navy cloth/boards with gilt lettering. vii + 349 + 15 pp. Bw frontis with tissue guard and 11 additional bw plates. Tight and free of extraneous marks but with mild age toning to pages and some foxing. Covers rubbed. Gilt still fresh. Item #153999
Eleven chapters about all aspects of the Press-Gang and its infamy, followed by an appendix about Admiral Young's Torpedo. Index. Impressment, colloquially, "the press" or the "press gang", refers to the act of taking men into a navy by force and with or without notice. Navies of several nations used forced recruitment by various means. (Wikipedia).
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