Description: What a fantastic find for the Collector. A wonderful gift idea.It’s not often one has the privilege of buying an untouched Multi-Generational Bibliophiles’ Collection. It is our honor to present to you the Books of the “Kenyon” Family. A FAF Family. (First American Family). Most of the books were collected by Col. Nathaniel Kenyon. We have copied his obituary for your review. A learned man with AMAZING Books and Paper. The Collection is VAST and will take some time to list them all. Col. Kenyon was born in Charleston, SC, to Gen. Howard N. Kenyon, USMC and Elizabeth (DeSaussure) Kenyon. He was the oldest of six children and spent his childhood traveling where his father's career dictated, including Panama and Washington, DC. He received his BA from George Washington University in 1951 followed by his LLB from Georgetown Law School in 1953, LLM from Harvard Law School in 1954, MALD from Tufts University of Law and Diplomacy in 1960, and MS from the Command & General Staff College in 1968. He married Inger Nielsen from Horsholm, Denmak in Cambridge MA on January 29, 1960. They met in Seoul, Korea while he was stationed there with the 1st Cavalry Division and she was working as a nurse in the National Medical Center. He was a career JAG Army officer who specialized in international law. His early work took him to Seoul, Korea, Heidelberg, Germany, Orleans, France, and the Pentagon. He taught at the Army War College in Carlisle PA from 1972 -1975. He was then transferred to EUCOM in Stuttgart, Germany where he was head of Legal Affairs for the European Command from 1975-1980 and the legal advisor to General Alexander Haig, the commander of NATO at the time. In 1984 he retired from the Pentagon as Chief of International Affairs and began many years of sailing on the Chesapeake Bay with his wife and first mate, Inger. He was an avid gardener, bibliophile, classical music connoisseur, and was always reading several books at once. He eagerly shared his love of literature, poetry, plants and music with his wife and daughter and grandchildren. After retirement, he relinquished membership in several organizations except his membership in the Society of the Cincinnati.
Price: 52.87 USD
Location: Laurel, Delaware
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Shipping Cost: 5.38 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
Year Printed: 1970
Modified Item: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Antislavery Congress Civil War Reconstruction
Binding: Cloth
Region: North America
Author: George Julian
Subject: Civil War AntiSlavery Reconstruction South
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Character Family: Civil War Reconstruction Antisalvery Negro
Publisher: Negro University Press
Place of Publication: New York
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
