Horodyskyi, Orest

Heneral Ivan Vasyliovych Turchyn - osobystyi pryiatel Prezydenta Linkolna [General Ivan Vasyviovych Turchyn – A personal friend of President Lincoln]

New York: Chervona kalyna, 1971. Tytla, Bohdan (illustrator). Publisher's illustrated wrappers. Good. Item #235

Octava (15.6 x 23.4 cm). 16 pages: illustrations, portrait. Text in Ukrainian. Illustrated by Bohdan Tytla. Mild wear, spotting to wrappers; fading to edges; internally very good.

The book documents the life of Ivan Turchyn, who took part in the civil war of 1861-1865 in the U.S. He was appointed Commander of the 19th Illinois Volunteer Regiment and worked in the Technical Department of the Illinois Central Railroad, where Abraham Lincoln worked as a Corporate Attorney. In the spring of 1861, 11 southern states declared their withdrawal from the United States and began a war. In July of that year, the governor of Illinois offered Turchyn to lead the 19th Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Ivan Turchyn agreed. After the war, he worked as an emigration agent at the Central Illinois Railroad.

OCLC shows twelve copies; no copies in the trade as of July 2020.

Price: $100.00