A Woman’s Journey through the Philippines: On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the S
A Woman’s Journey through the Philippines: On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen en Route. Florence Kimball Russel. L.C. Page & Co., Boston, 1907. Binding, dustjacket, endpapers, and title page were designed by Blanche McManus Mansfield.The book describes the circa-1902 cable-laying voyage of the US Army’s cableship Burnside. Written by the wife of Signal Corps Major Edgar Russel, the book is largely a travelogue of the Philippine Islands, but contains some interesting descriptions of cable-laying. "Life on a cable-ship would be a lotus-eating dream were it not for the cable.“ -- source link
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