The Widow's Son: A Sketch from Real Life

Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1843. First Edition. Octavo (22cm.); removed; 14pp. A hint of foxing, else Very Good and fresh. Lengthy poem composed following the author's interview with "an interesting young man at that time dangerously ill" who had been aboard a ship on the Gulf Stream when it was struck by lightning. "The events stated in the following lines are literally true. I have in my possession the crucifix, and the journal kept by the young man" (p. [3]).