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McCullough, David. 1776. Simon & Schuster SOFTCOVER 2005, 2006. Truthquest Age of Revolution I Grade 12+. 0743226720. Near-Fine. $4.
McCullough, David. 1776. Simon & Schuster SOFTCOVER 2005. Hardcover with dust jacket. Maps, period prints in color. Truthquest Age of Revolution I Grade 12+. 0743226712. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $6.50.
Adams, John Winthrop. STARS & STRIPES FOREVER. Smithmark 1992. Ill. with photos and period prints every page. 73 pp. Folio. 0831766581. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. Library stamp and sticker on FFEP, no marks on dust jacket. $2.50.
American Heritage Junior Library. CLIPPER SHIPS AND CAPTAINS, by Jane Lyon. American Heritage 1962. NOT ex-lib. Immaculate, looks unread. Fine. $4.
American Heritage Junior Library. COWBOYS AND CATTLE COUNTRY, by Don Ward. American Heritage 1961. NOT ex-lib. Immaculate, looks unread. Near-Fine. $4.
American Heritage Junior Library. GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THE MAKING OF A NATION, by Marcus Cunliffe. American Heritage 1966. NOT ex-lib. Immaculate, looks unread. Fine. $4.
American Heritage Junior Library. LEXINGTON, CONCORD AND BUNKER HILL, by Frances Russell. American Heritage 1963. NOT ex-lib. Very Good, corners worn. $4.
American Heritage Junior Library. THE MANY WORLDS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, by Frank R. Donovan. American Heritage 1963. Hardcover. VG. $3.50.
American Heritage Junior Library. NAVAL BATTLES AND HEROES, by Wilbur Cross. American Heritage 1960 FE. Hardcover. Very Good. $3.50.
American Heritage Junior Library. TO THE PACIFIC WITH LEWIS AND CLARK, by Ralph Andrist. American Heritage 1967. NOT ex-lib. Immaculate, looks unread. Fine. $4.
American Heritage Junior Library. WESTWARD ON THE OREGON TRAIL, by Marian T. Place. American Heritage 1962. NOT ex-lib. Immaculate, looks unread. Fine. $4.
Bial, Raymond. THE STRENGTH OF THESE ARMS, Life in the Slave Quarters. Houghton Mifflin 1997. Hardcover with dust jacket. Details the everyday life of plantation slaves in text and photos. 4to. 38 pp. 0395773946. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.
Bial, Raymond. THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. Houghton Mifflin 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket. Gives examples of “stations” on the Railroad, in prose and photographs of actual places and artifacts, along with images of the routes, lives, and hardships of both the “passengers’ and “conductors.” 47 pp. 4to. 0395699371. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.
Blassingame, Wyatt. THE LOOK-IT-UP BOOK OF PRESIDENTS, From George Washington Through Bill Clinton. Random House 1996. Hardcover. NOT ex-lib. 067980353x. As-New. $4.50.
Blumberg, Rhoda. FULL STEAM AHEAD, The Race to Build a Transcontinental Railroad. National Geographic Society 1996. Large book with photos, drawings. 150 pp. and index. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $3.
Blumberg, Rhoda. THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY OF LEWIS & CLARK. Beechtree SOFTCOVER 1987, 1995. NOT ex-lib. 0688144217. Near-Fine. $3.50.
Boorstin, Daniel J. THE LANDMARK HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, From Plymouth to Appomattox. Random House 1968. Hardcover. Sonlight 3-4. Ex-lib. Good. $6.50.
Boorstin, Daniel J. THE LANDMARK HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, From Appomattox to the Moon. Random House 1970. Pictorial hardcover. Sonlight 3-4. Ex-lib. Good, paper over board cover a little rough. $6.50.
Bowen, Robert Sidney. THEY FLEW TO GLORY. The Story of the Lafayette Flying Corps. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 1965. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fast-paced, easy-to-read account of the American fighter pilots who flew for France in the Lafayette Flying Corps in World War I. Ill. Bernard Case. 160 pp. Ex-lib.(*) Book Good, dust jacket Very Good. $4.50.
Burger, Carl. BEAVER SKINS AND MOUNTAIN MEN. E. p. Dutton 1968, 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket. The development of the American fur-trapping industry and trade fascinatingly related, with a focus on the beaver as well as on his hunters. Burger’s last book; manuscript and rough drawings finished shortly before his death. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.50.
Campbell, Elizabeth. THE CARVING ON THE TREE, A True Account of America’s First Mystery, The Lost Colony of Roanoke Island. Little, Brown 1968, first edition. Fascinating story of Sir Walter Raleigh and the attempt to set up the first English colony in the New World. Ill. William Bock. 88 pp. Truthquest Age of Revolution I. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.50.
Carmer, Carl, editor. CAVALCADE OF AMERICA, The Deeds and Achievements of the Men and Women Who Made Our Country Great. Crown Publishers 1956. Hardcover. Ill. in color with period prints. 382 pp. Ex-lib. Binding strings pulling a little, but book is solid. Good. $4.
Cheetham, J. Keith. ON THE TRAIL OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS. Luath Press Ltd. 2001. SOFTCOVER. The fascinating, true story of the founding fathers of the U.S., their origins in England and their harrowing journey to a New World, with a strong emphasis on their faith. NOT ex-lib. 0946487839. Fine. $4.
Cleveland, Will & Alvarez, Mark. YO, MILLARD FILLMORE! (And All Those Other Presidents You Don’t Know). Goodwood Press SOFTCOVER 1992. Teaches readers how to memorize the names of the presidents. 0963277812. Very Good. $2.
Cox, Clinton. COME ALL YOU BRAVE SOLDIERS, Blacks in the Revolutionary War. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2002, 2003. Ill. with period prints. NOT ex-lib. 0590475770. Fine. $2.50.
Cox, Clinton. UNDYING GLORY, The Story of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment. Scholastic 1991. Hardcover with dust jacket. Period prints, photos. 0590441701. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $2.50.
David, Burke. APPOMATTOX, Closing Struggle of the Civil War. Harper & Row 1963 first edition. A Breakthrough Book. Hardcover. Ill. with photos. Very Good. $2.
de Meyer, John. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CALLS ON THE PRESIDENT. Ives Washburn 1939. Hardcover. Orange cloth over boards. Good. $2.50.
DeMoss, Arthur S. THE REBIRTH OF AMERICA. Arthur S. DeMoss Foundation 1986. SOFTCOVER. 4to. Very Good, crease in corner of cover. $2.
Dolan, Edward F. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, How We Fought the War of Independence. Millbrook Press 1995 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Period prints, maps, drawings nearly every page. 110 pp. with index. 4to. 1562945211. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.
Duncan, Dayton. THE WEST, AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY FOR CHILDREN. Little, Brown 1996. Hardcover with dust jacket. Photos and period prints. 136 pp. 4to. 0316196282. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Everyday Life Series. EVERYDAY LIFE ON THE AMERICAN FRONTIER, by Louis Wright. G. P. Putnam’s 1968. Jr.-Sr. High. Drawings, photos. 252 p. and index. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $3.50.
Faber, Doris and Harold. THE BIRTH OF A NATION, The Early Years of the United States. Charles Scribner’s 1989. Hardcover with dust jacket. 197 pp. with index. Some illustrations. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $2.50.
Fisher, Dorothy Canfield. AND LONG REMEMBER, Some Great Americans Who Have Helped Me. McGraw-Hill 1959 (E. M. Hale edition). Short stories from the lives of Lincoln, Washington, Patrick Henry, George Washington Carver, others. Ill. by Ezra Jack Keats. 118 pp. Ex-lib. Good. $6.
Fisher, Leonard Everett. THE ALAMO. Holiday House 1987 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. With numerous period prints and dramatic drawings by Fisher, the author relives this great monument’s history. 4to. 64 pp. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 7-12. 0823406466. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $5.
Fleischman, Paul. BULL RUN. Laura Geringer 1993. Hardcover. Woodcuts by David Frampton. 192 pp. Truthquest Age of Revolution 2, Grades 4-12. (#) Ex-lib. VG/G. $1.50.
Foster, Genevieve. 1801, YEAR OF THE HORSELESS CARRIAGE. Charles Scribner’s 1975. Hardcover with dust jacket. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 4-9. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $12.50.
Foster, Genevieve. 1903, YEAR OF THE FLYING MACHINE. Charles Scribner’s 1977. Hardcover with dust jacket. Truthquest Grades 4-9. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $12.50.
Freedman, Russell. AN INDIAN WINTER. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1992, 1994. Paintings and drawings by Karl Bodmer. 88 pp., profusely illustrated. 0590480707. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $3.50.
Freedman, Russell. BUFFALO HUNT. Holiday House 1988, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Beautiful paintings and drawings by George Catlin, Karl Bodmer and other artist-adventurers from the 1800’s. 0823407020. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine, previous owner’s name. $4.
Freedman, Russell. CHILDREN OF THE WILD WEST. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1983, 1992. 104 pp. Profusely ill. with photos. 0590464744. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $2.50.
Freedman, Russell. COWBOYS OF THE WILD WEST. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1985, 1993. Ill. with photos and period prints. 0590475657. Fine. $2.50.
Golden, Harry. FORGOTTEN PIONEER. World Publishing 1963 FE. Hardcover. Out-of-print. Ill. Leonard Vosburgh. With warmth and understanding the author tells of the old-time pack peddlers who walked the countryside from the earliest beginnings of our country until the mid-1920’s. 157 pp. Jr.-Sr. High. NOT ex-lib. VG/G-, dust jacket wrinkled. $2.50.
Greenwood, Barbara. THE LAST SAFE HOUSE, A Story of the Underground Railroad. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1998. Ill. every page by Heather Collins. Stories, information and activities bring history to life in this moving portrayal of slavery and friendship, cruelty and kindness. 4to. 119 pp. NOT ex-library. 0439062381. Near-Fine. $4.50.
Hakim, Joy. THE FIRST AMERICANS, A HISTORY OF US, BOOK ONE. Oxford University Press 1993. Hardcover. Sonlight 7. 0195077458. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $6.
Hakim, Joy. THE FIRST AMERICANS, A HISTORY OF US, BOOK ONE. Oxford University Press 1993. SOFTCOVER. Sonlight 7. 0195077466. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $3.50.
Hakim, Joy. MAKING THIRTEEN COLONIES, A HISTORY OF US, BOOK TWO. Oxford University Press 1993. Hardcover. Sonlight 7. 0195077474. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $6.
Hakim, Joy. FROM COLONIES TO COUNTRY, A HISTORY OF US, BOOK THREE. Oxford University Press 1993. SOFTCOVER. Sonlight 7. 0195077504. Ex-lib. Near-Fine. $6.50.
Hakim, Joy. FROM COLONIES TO COUNTRY, A HISTORY OF US, BOOK THREE. Oxford University Press 1993. Hardcover. Sonlight 7. 0195077490. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $6.
Hakim, Joy. THE NEW NATION, A HISTORY OF US, BOOK FOUR. Oxford University Press 1993. Hardcover. Sonlight 7. 0195077512. NOT ex-lib., one school stamp blacked out. Near-Fine. $6.
Hakim, Joy. LIBERTY FOR ALL? 1800-1860, A HISTORY FOR US, BOOK 5. Oxford University Press 1994, 1999. Hardcover. Sonlight 100. 0195127595. NOT ex-lib. Like-New. $6.50.
Hakim, Joy. WAR, TERRIBLE WAR, 1860-1865, A HISTORY OF US, BOOK 6. Oxford University Press 1995, 1999. Hardcover. 0195127617. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $6.50.
Hakim, Joy. WAR, TERRIBLE WAR, 1860-1865, A HISTORY OF US, BOOK 6. Oxford University Press 1995, 1999. Hardcover. 01951276625. NOT ex-lib. Good. $3.50.
Hakim, Joy. RECONSTRUCTION AND REFORM, A HISTORY OF US, BOOK SEVEN. Oxford University Press 1984, 1999. Hardcover. 0195127633. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $6.
Hakim, Joy. AN AGE OF EXTREMES, 1870-1917, A HISTORY FOR US, BOOK 8. Oxford University Press 1994, 1999. Hardcover. Sonlight 100. 019512765X. Ex-lib. Near-Fine. $6.50.
Hakim, Joy. WAR, PEACE, AND ALL THAT JAZZ, 1918-1945, A HISTORY FOR US, BOOK 98. Oxford University Press 1995, 1999. Hardcover. Sonlight 100. 0195127676. Ex-lib. Very Good. $6.
Hakim, Joy. ALL THE PEOPLE, 1945-1999, A HISTORY OF US, BOOK 10. Oxford University Press 1995, 1999. Hardcover. 0195127692. Ex-lib. Fine. $7.50.
Hall, Elva Jean. PILGRIM NEIGHBORS, More True Pilgrim Stories. Rand McNally 1964. Hardcover with dust jacket. Sequel to Margaret Pumphrey’s Pilgrim Stories. Hall employs the art of storytelling in full measure with these stories covering the period from autumn 1621 to 1676. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 3-10. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $3.50.
Hayman, LeRoy. WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE U.S. CONSTITUTION AND THE MEN WHO WROTE IT. Four Winds Press 1966. Hardcover. Ill. with period prints, portraits, maps and charts. Ex-lib. Book Very Good. $3.50.
Hofsinde, Robert. INDIAN PICTURE WRITING. William Morrow 1959. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 3-9. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $3.50.
Hofsinde, Robert (Gray-Wolf). INDIAN SIGN LANGUAGE. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1984, 1997. 0590381938. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 3-7. As-New. $2.50.
Ideals. THE PASSING SCENE, A Return to the Years 1900 to 1930. An Ideals Publication. Written by Janice Lennon. Hardcover. Profusely illustrated. 80 pp. Oblong4to. Near-Fine. $3.50.
Inside Story. A FRONTIER FORT ON THE OREGON TRAIL, by Scott Steedman and Mark Bergin. Peter Bedrick Books. Hardcover with dust jacket. Takes a detailed look through color illustrations and text to show what life was like in and around the frontier forts of the old West. 4to. 48 pp. Guaranteed to fascinate young people. 0872263711. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $4.
Jacobs, Francine. THE TAINOS, The People Who Welcomed Columbus. G. P. Putnam’s 1992. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fascinating account of these people who were the first Americans to welcome Columbus. 107 pp. Truthquest Grades 5-12. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good+. $2.50.
Johnson, Gerald W. AMERICA GROWS UP, A History for Peter. William Morrow 1960. Hardcover. Ill. Leonard Everett Fisher. Ex-lib. VG. $4.50.
Johnson, Gerald W. THE CABINET. William Morrow 1966. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Jurmain, Suzanne. FREEDOM’S SONS, The True Story of the Amistad Mutiny. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 1998. 124 pp. and index. Ex-lib. Near-Fine/Near-Fine. $3.50.
Kingfisher. THE YOUNG PEOPLE’S ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES, by James Harrison and Eleanor Van Zandt. Kingfisher 1992, 1996. Hardcover. Folio. 128 pp. 1856978044. NOT ex-lib. Previous owner’s name. Wear to one corner. Very Good. $3.50.
Kramnick, Isaac and Moore, R. Laurence. THE GODLESS CONSTITUTION, The Case Against Religious Correctness. W. W. Norton 1996, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Sonlight 400. 0393039617. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.50.
Laidlaw Brothers. OUR COUNTRY, by Daniel J. Beeby, Joyce Hanna and C. H. McClure. Laidlaw Brothers 1942. Hardcover. Intermediate elementary level. Color illustrations nearly every page. 384 pp. with index. Good. $4.50.
Landmark Series. AMERICANS INTO ORBIT, The Story of Project Mercury, by Gene Gurney. Random House 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. with photos. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $7.50.
Landmark Series. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, by Bruce Bliven, Jr. Random House SOFTCOVER 1958, 1986. 0394846966. NOT ex-lib. Near-Fine. $2.50.
Landmark Series. THE BARBARY PIRATES, by C. S. Forester. Random House 1953. Tan cloth over boards. NOT ex-lib. Very Good+. $4.50.
Landmark Series. CLARA BARTON, Founder of the American Red Cross, by Helen Dore Boylston. Random House 1955. Hardcover. Cover wear; front free endpaper removed. Good-. $3.50.
Landmark Series. THE COMMANDOS OF WORLD WAR II, by Hodding Carter. Random House SOFTCOVER 1966, 1981. 0394847350. Not ex-lib. Good. $2.50.
Landmark Series. DANIEL BOONE, THE OPENING OF THE WILDERNESS, by John Mason Brown. Random House 1952. Hardcover with dust jacket. Berquist 5. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 3-9. NOT ex-lib. Book Near-Fine, dust jacket Good. $7.
Landmark Series. DANIEL BOONE, THE OPENING OF THE WILDERNESS, by John Mason Brown. Random House 1952. Tan cloth over boards. Berquist 5. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 3-9. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good. $4.
Landmark Series. GEORGE WASHINGTON, FRONTIER COLONEL, by Sterling North. Random House 1957. Hardcover. Green cloth over boards. NOT ex-lib. Good. $5.
Landmark Series. GETTYSBURG, by MacKinley Kantor. Random House SOFTCOVER 1952, 1998. 0394891813. Berquist 5. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $2.50.
Landmark Series. THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS, by James Daugherty. Random House 1950. Tan cloth over boards. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 3-8. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $5.
Landmark Series. OLD IRONSIDES: THE FIGHTING CONSTITUTION, by Harry Hansen. Random House (E. M. Hale Edition) 1955. Hardcover. Truthquest Age of Revolution 1, Grades 3-10. Ex-lib. Lib. binding. Good. $3.50.
Landmark Series. POCAHONTAS AND CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH, The Story of the Virginia Colony, by Marie Lawson. Random House 1950. Hardcover with dust jacket. Library pocket by no library markings. Truthquest Age of Revolution 1 Grades 3-8. Book Very Good, dust jacket Good-. $7.50.
Landmark Series. POCAHONTAS AND CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH, The Story of the Virginia Colony, by Marie Lawson. Random House 1950. Hardcover. Truthquest Age of Revolution 1 Grades 3-8. NOT ex-lib. Book Good . $4.50.
Landmark Series. SAM HOUSTON THE TALLEST TEXAN, by William Johnson. Random House 1953. Truthquest Age of Revolution II Gradese 4-10. Ex-lib. Pictorial cover. Good. $4.50.
Landmark Series. WAR CHIEF OF THE SEMINOLES, by May McNeer. Random House 1954. Hardcover. Pink cloth over boards. Very Good. $5.
Landmark Series. THE WITCHCRAFT OF SALEM VILLAGE, by Shirley Jackson. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 4-9. Random House SOFTCOVER 1956, 1984. Fine. $3.
Lauber, Patricia. DUST BOWL, The Story of Man on the Great Plains. Challenge Books. Coward-McCann 1958. Photos. Tells the story and traces the causes of the dust storms of 1933. 95 pp. Ex-lib. G/G. $3.
Lavender, David. SNOWBOUND, The Tragic Story of the Donner Party. Holiday House 1996. Hardcover. Photos, period prints. 4to. 84 pp. 0823412318. Ex-lib. Near-Fine/Near-Fine. $2.50.
Lavine, Sigmund. THE GAMES THE INDIANS PLAYED. Dodd, Mead 1974. Ill. with photos and art prints. Ex-lib. G/VG. $3.
Library of Congress. THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, A Centennial Exhibition. Library of Congress 1961 SOFTCOVER. Full-page photos and period prints. This is a catalog of the Centennial exhibit, but stands alone with information and ill. about the Civil War. 75 pp. and index. VG. $3.
Loeper, John J. GOING TO SCHOOL IN 1776. Atheneum Books 1973. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0689300891. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
MacDowell, Bart. THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, America’s Fight for Freedom. National Geographic1967. Hardcover. Beautifully illustrated in full color with period prints and photos. 198 pp. 8vo. VG. $2.
Marrin, Albert. TERROR OF THE SPANISH MAIN, Sir Henry Morgan and His Buccaneers. Dutton Children’s Books 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0525459421. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 7-12. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine; library stamps on front endpapers, no library marks on dust jacket. $7.50.
Marrin, Albert. THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE, The Story of the American Revolution. Atheneum 1988, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 7-12. 068931390x. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good+. $8.50.
Marshall, Peter & Manuel, David. FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA FOR CHILDREN. Fleming H. REvell 1993, 1999. SOFTCOVER. Discovering God’s plan for America in her first half-century of independence, 1787-1837. 0800754840. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 1-5. Ex-lib. Very Good. $3.
Marshall, Peter & Manuel, David. THE LIGHT AND THE GLORY FOR CHILDREN. Fleming H. Revell SOFTCOVER 1992. Discovering God’s Plan from Christopher Columbus to George Washington. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 1-5. NOT ex-lib. Good. $3.
Martin, Joseph Plumb. YANKEE DOODLE BOY, A Young Soldier’s Adventures in the American Revolution Told by Himself. Edited by George F. Scheer. William R. Scott 1964. Hardcover with dust jacket. 1964 Thomas Alva Edison Foundation Award. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades4-12. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
McCullough, David. 1776. Simon & Schuster 2005, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Truthquest Age of Revolution I, Grade 12. 0743226712. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket As-New. $6.50.
Miers, Earl Schenck. AMERICAN AND ITS PRESIDENTS. Grosset & Dunlap 1959. Hardcover. Portraits in full-page color by Stanley Dersh. Line drawings by Paul Granger. 5-page biography and color portrait of presidents through Eisenhower. 4to. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $4.
Milhous, Katherine. THROUGH THESE ARCHES, The Story of Independence Hall. J. B. Lippincott 1964. Hardcover. Oblong4to. 3-color illustrations. 96 pp. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 7-12. Ex-lib. with FFEP torn out. Very Good. $7.50.
Millard, Catherine. THE REWRITING OF AMERICA’S HISTORY. Horizon Books SOFTCOVER 1991. Foreword by Dr. D. James Kennedy. Catherine Millard points the way to reclaim our nation from the destructive forces of humanism, secularism, atheism and false religions. NOT ex-lib. 0889650926. Fine. $5.
Murphy, Jim. THE BOYS’ WAR, Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1990. Living books. 0590456040. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $3.
Murphy, Jim. ACROSS AMERICA ON AN EMIGRANT TRAIN. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1993, 1995. Ill. with photos and period prints. 148 pp. Living books. 0590537954. Near-Fine. $3.50.
Murphy, Jim. ACROSS AMERICA ON AN EMIGRANT TRAIN. Clarion Books 1993. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. with photos and period prints. 148 pp. Living books. 0395633907. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Murphy, Jim. BLIZZARD! Scholastic 2000. SOFTCOVER. Story of the terrible March, 1888 blizzard on the east coast. 0590673106. Near-Fine. $3.50.
Murphy, Jim. THE GREAT FIRE. Scholastic 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket. Newbery Honor. Personal accounts and carefully researched history of the Chicago fire of 1871. 0590472674. NOT ex-lib. Book Near-Fine, dust jacket Near-Fine. $3.50.
Murphy, Jim. THE LONG ROAD TO GETTYSBURG. Clarion Books 1992. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated with period prints, maps and photos. 4to. 116 pp. Truthquest Age of Revolution II Grades 7-12. 0395559650. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Myers, Walter Dean. AMISTAD, A Long Road to Freedom. Duttons Children’s Books 1998. Hardcover with dust jacket. Uses historic photos, sketches, newspaper accounts, and correspondence to document the captives’ long struggle for freedom. 99 pp. 0525459707. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Myers, Laurie. LEWIS AND CLARK AND ME, A Dog’s Tale. Henry Holt 2002. Hardcover with dust jacket. Full-page color illustrations by Michael Dooling. This is the story of the journeys of Lewis and Clark from the point of view of Lewis’s dog, Seaman. Truthquest Age of Revolution II Grades 4-7. 0805063684. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good+. $3.50.
North Star Books. THE BATTLES FOR NEW ORLEANS, by F. Van Wyck Mason. Houghton Mifflin 1962 FE. Hardcover with dust jacket. Truthquest Age of Revolution 2, Grades 5-12. Berquist 5. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
North Star Books. THE FIRST NORTHWEST PASSAGE, by Walter O’Meara. Houghton Mifflin 1960. Hardcover. Ex-lib., front free endpaper removed. Very Good. $3.50.
North Star Books. THE GREATEST CATTLE DRIVE, by Paul Wellman. Houghton Mifflin 1964. Hardcover with dust jacket. Out-of-print. Near-Fine, dust jacket Good, chipped. $3.50.
North Star Books. JENNY LIND SANG HERE, by Bernardine Kielty. Houghton Mifflin 1959. Hardcover with dust jacket. Book Very Good; dust jacket has water stain on back and chip at spine. $3.
North Star Books. LAFAYETTE IN AMERICA, by Andre Maurois. Houghton Mifflin 1960 FE. Hardcover with dust jacket. Out-of-print. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 4-10. Book Near-Fine, dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
North Star Books. LAFAYETTE IN AMERICA, by Andre Maurois. Houghton Mifflin 1960. Hardcover. Ex-lib. Pict. library binding. Cover quite worn. $3.
North Star Books. MARK TWAIN AND THE RIVER, by Sterling North. Houghton Mifflin 1961 FE. Hardcover. Ex-lib. Lib. binding. G. $2.50.
Parkman, Francis. THE OREGON TRAIL. Doubleday & Co. 1945. Hardcover. Ill. in color by Thomas Hart Benton. NOT ex-lib. Blue cloth over boards. Good+, spine faded. $5.
Parkman, Francis. THE DISCOVERY OF THE GREAT WEST: LASALLE. Rinehart & Co. 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket. By the author of The Oregon Trail. Originally published in mid-1800’s. An American classic of adventurous exploration from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico in the 17th century. 354 pp. and index. Sr. High-adult. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $4.50.
Place, Marian. RIFLES AND WAR BONNETS, Negro Cavalry In the West. Ives Washburn 1968. Hardcover. Out-of-print. The 9th and 10th Cavalry of the U.S. Army, made up of Negro soldiers, campaigned from 1867-1891 in the West. 143 pp. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $2.50.
Ray, Delia. A NATION TORN, The Story of How the Civil War Began. Lodestar Books 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket. Young Readers History of the Civil War. Ill. with photos, maps, period prints. 4to. 101 pp. with index. 0525673083. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $3.
Ray, Delia. GOLD! The Klondike Adventure. Lodestar Books 1989. Ill. with photos and maps, every page. 83 pp. and index. 4to. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $2.
Reinfeld, Fred. TRAPPERS OF THE WEST. Thomas Y. Crowell 1957. Hardcover with dust jacket. Exciting story of the colorful mountain men – Jim Bridger, Kit Carson, John Colter, etc. - who came to the Rockies in search of beaver. 153 pp. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Reit, Seymour. IRONCLAD! A True Story of the Civil War. Dodd, Mead 1977. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. with old prints and drawings by the author. Story of the battle of the Monitor and the Merrimac from the point of view of Peter Williams, a young helmsman in the Union Navy. 92 pp. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $3.
Rockswold, E. Palmer. “PER” IMMIGRANT & PIONEER. Staples, MN: Adventures Publications SOFTCOVER 1981. This is the story of an immigrant and Dakota pioneer that could be true of any Norwegian immigrant during the period 1880-1920. Very Good. $4.
Rodell, Fred. NINE MEN, A Political History of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1790 to 1955. Random House 1955, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 338 pp. with index. Sr. High-Adult. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good+. $4.50.
Rubel, David. THE UNITED STATES IN THE 19TH CENTURY. Scholastic Timelines. Agincourt Press Book 1996. Hardcover. Elaborate and detailed book. 178 pp. and index. Oblong4to. 0590725645. Fine. $4.
Sandoz, Mari. THE BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIGHORN. Lippincott 1966. 182 pp. G+/G+. $3.
Severn, Bill. THE END OF THE ROARING TWENTIES, Prohibition and Repeal. Julian Messner 1969, 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket. Milestones in History Series. Photos. 191 pp. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $2.50.
Shelton, William Roy. COUNTDOWN, THE STORY OF CAPE CANAVERAL. Little, Brown 1960 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Story for young people starts with Robert Goddard and his suggestion in 1919 that a multistage rocket could be sent to the moon. Nicely illustrated by Robert Curran. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.
Sloane, Eric. THE SPIRITS OF ’76. Ballantine Books SOFTCOVER 1973, 1976. The author considers ten early American spirits (i.e. respect, hard work, frugality), which he believes have either weakened or vanished. 64 pp. Very Good+. $3.50.
Sterling, Dorothy. FOREVER FREE, The Story of the Emancipation Proclamation. Doublelday 1963. Hardcover. Out-of-print. 197 pp. plus index. Upper elementary – jr. high. Ex-lib. VG/G. $2.50.
Sterne, Emma Gelders. THE LONG BLACK SCHOONER, The Voyage of the Amistad. Follett 1953, 1968. Hardcover. Written in story form but created from the recorded facts as they appeared in newspapers of that period and in the testimony in the courts. 192 pp. Jr - Sr. High. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $3.50.
Street, James. THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. The Dial Press 1954. Hardcover with dust jacket. Being a de-mythed account of how the thirteen colonies turned a world upside down. 180 pp. Illustrated. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good, dust jacket Good with two tears in back. $3.50.
Swift, Hildegarde Hoyt. NORTH STAR SHINING, A Pictorial History of the American Negro. William Morrow 1947. Hardcover. Dramatic full-page illustrations in color and b/w by Lynd Ward. 45 pp. Ex-lib. G/VG. $2.50.
Weitzman, David. OLD IRONSIDES, Americans Build a Fighting Ship. Houghton Mifflin 19979. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by the author. Picture-book format with illustrations by the author every page. 32 pp. Oblong4to. 0395746787. Ex-lib. Book Very Good, dust jacket Near-Fine. $2.50.
Werstein, Irving. A NATION FIGHTS BACK, The Depression and Its Aftermath. Julian Messner 1962, 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket. Milestones in History Series. Ex-lib. 181 pp. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Werstein, Irving. THE WAR WITH MEXICO. W. W. Norton 1965. Hardcover with dust jacket. Historic photos and engravings. 166 pp. and index. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.
Zeinert, Karen. THE SALEM WITCHCRAFT TRIALS. Franklin Watts 1989. Hardcover. 88 illustrated pages. Glimpse of colonial living, along with the story of this 17th century incident. Jr. - Sr. High. 90 pp. and index. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $4.
See also WORLD HISTORY / GEOGRAPHY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE .