Greek Revolution - Letters and Journals of Samuel Gridley Howe

The book "Letters and Journals of Samuel Gridley Howe during the Greek Revolution" is available as a FREE Google ebook.  It was originally published in 1907 and edited by his daughter Laura E. Richards.  

"If you want to get a feel for what life was like in Southern Greece during the Greek Revolution - Samuel Gridley Howe's letters and journals (beginning in 1824) is a must read."

GREEK NAMES MENTIONED IN THE BOOK:

Odysseus Andritsos (Ulysses), Archondopoulus, Kosta Botzaris, Marco Botzaris, Bourbakis, Capo d’Istrias, Hadji Christo, Delyannis, Gouras, StavrosGrivas, Gropius, Kallerges, Kanaris, Karaiskakis, Kephalas (Kephale), Kolokotrones, Konduriotes, Logothetes, Makroyanis, Alexander Mavrocordatos, Mavromichalis, Metaxas, Miaulis, Millikanis, Notaropulos, Pandelis, Papa Phlessas, Phoutomaris, Prylas, Rhodius, Skourtas, J. Emerson Tennent, Jakomiki Tombazi, Manoli Tombazi, Spiridion Trikoupis, Vashos, Vriones, Ypsilanti, Zaphyropulos

CONTENTS

The Hero

Introduction

Introductory

Greece in Revolution

Guerrilla Warfare

Kolokotrones and Ypsilanti: Fight at the Mills

Hydra and the British Navy

The Cretan Failure

The Fall of Missolonghi

With the Fleet

The Siege of Athens - Doctor Howe under Fire

Beginning of Philanthropic Work

Travel and Distribution

The First Crusade

Return to Greece

“The American Mole”

Corinth

Transition

Poland and Prussia