The Glory of Our Youth as Portrayed in the Events and Movements That Have Chiefly Distinguished the Marvelous Advance of the American Nation from Colony to World Power....
Springfield, MA: The C.A. Nichols Company, [1909]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Half brown calf with compartments and gilt spine lettering and dark green pebble-grain cloth. 832pp. All edges gilt. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations, marbled endpapers. Very good. Tight and internally fine, with just the lightest of binding edgewear. Item #45433
Handsome first edition of this chest-thumping survey typical of turn-of-the-century histories. Subtitle lays it all out: "The Fascinating Story -- Interesting as a romance, of the notable occurrences and decisive actions in the Political, Social, Religious, Economic, and Industrial Life of the People, from the Birth of the Republic to the current year with Entertaining and Reliable Character-sketches of the men and women whom the Nation has delighted to honor; all made doubly interesting by lively accounts of personal experiences, anecdotes, etc." Got that?
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