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[ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D.] Log of the Cruise of the President on board U.S.S. Philadelphia ... April 30th to May 8th 1938. . N.p.: 1938. Saddle stitched in original (?) plain gray card, backed in linen, housed in a modern slipcase. 10 1/4 x 8 inches (26 x 20.5 cm); 17 ff., illustrated with one original photograph of fish caught, and with crudely printed drawings. About fine. The typewritten memorial of Roosevelt's voyage, from 30 April to 8 May 1938, to Sombrero Island by way of the Grand Turk and San Juan Islands. The President caught a twenty pound barracuda (and seven other fish) in one session. This work was not located on OCLC. A rare piece of Rooseveltiana. C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson