Beach, Ransford

Playmates in America [Play Mates]

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1926. Hartman, Elsa Alison. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2351289

First edition. Boards lightly soiled, minor wear to corners, ink gift note on front endpaper, minor pencil marginalia on five pages. Binding tight and square.

x, 141 pp. A collection of lighthearted verse relating the history of the United States from the time of Columbus through the early 20th century, with illustrations by Elsa Alison Hartman. Includes poems on numerous events and topics, including why the earth is round, European exploration and colonies, the first Thanksgiving, various conflicts and wars, the founding fathers' roles in the American Revolution, the causes and events of the American Civil War, Lincoln's assassination, the Ku Klux Klan, statehood of Alaska and Hawaii, etc.

Price: $25.00