Raising the Flag: America's First Envoys in Faraway Lands

by Peter Eicher

Book Overview

Since its inception the United States has sent envoys to advance American interests abroad, both across oceans and to areas that later became part of the country. Little has been known about these first envoys until now. From China to Chile, Tripoli to Tahiti, Mexico to Muscat, Peter D. Eicher chronicles the experience of the first American envoys in foreign lands. Their stories, often stranger than fiction, are replete with intrigues, revolutions,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612349706
• ISBN13: 9781612349701
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.1"