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World History
Social Studies and Geography
Early America (Before the White Man)
Explorers
Immigrants
Books on Our Wonderful Country
Presidents
Colonial America
The Old West
American Revolution
Civil War
World War 1 & 2
Other War Stories
Heroes
Women In History
Canadian History
Mythology
Miscellaneous
Book Sets and Series

But First….NEWLY POSTED

Great Lots of History books from my personal shelves

Misc History 12 books BUY all for $25 and I pay shipping!!

1. We the People: The Way We Were 1783-1793 by Suzanne Hilton HB DJ Mylar, Lib.Disc. Reading level grade 5-8 JUST $2.50 -

2. Ride West Into Danger Written and Illustrated by Billy Warren

Looks like a great adventure tale in the wild west HB Reading level gr.4-6 JUST $2.50 -

3. Sam Houston: Friend of the Indians by Joseph Olgin HB DJ split spine, can tape on request still well bound. Reading level gr. 4-6 JUST $2.50 -

4. King George’s Head Was Made of Lead by F.N.Monjo illus by Margot Tomes HB DJ Mylar fair shape, LD< Your kids will LOVE this great poem about King George and the Revolution

Funny and fun. WE read-aloud but easy to read. JUST $2.50 -

5.Trails West and the Men Who Made Them by Edith Dorian, looks like a great “real” read!HB Lib. Disc. Best for readers grade 5-8 JUST $2.50 -

6.Six Great Horse Rides by Marion Talmage and Iris Gilmore HB Lib. Disc, good shape. Readers gr. 4-8 Read of 6 long and strenuous rides by men who sought to aid their country JUST $2.50 -

7. The Great Pine’s Son : A story of the Pontiac War by Margaret Widdemar, Winston Adventure book HB

Good shape for a lib.disc. Readers gr. 4 -7 JUST $2.50 -

8. The Redbirds are Flying by May Nelson, HB DJ NICE book, George Washington and the British! Reading level gr.4-7 JUST $2.50 -

9. The Captive Island, a School Edition by August Derlith Adventure with the Indians/Battle for Mackinac/Old Tippecanoe An American Heritage First Edition, some staining on edges of pages and on cover. Reading level gr.4-6 JUST $2.50 -

10. Comanche and His Captain by A.M. Anderson Lib. Disc. HB, American Adventure Series True story of an army horse and his young captain, Calvary story, could be a reader too! Readers gr. 4-6 neat book JUST $2.50 -

11.The Lee’s of Arlington by Marguerite Vance, HB Lib.Disc Reading level gr. 5-8 JUST $2.50 -

12 Scannon Dog With Lewis and Clark by Adrien Stoutenburg illus by Stephen Cook, Lib Disc Binding Tape on cover, see pic, looks like a cute read. Readers gr. 4-6 JUST $2.50 –

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Nice books for Geography

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MY World From the Seven Continents to the Seven Seas, from Katmandu to Kalamazoo: An Interactive First Book of Geography In great shape. I think it originally came with a globe which is not included, any map or globe would do. Best for grades 2-5

Priced to move at $2

The Usborne Book of World Geography 1997 Edition, Nice Hardback. This books is PACKED full of information and pictures. You kids will just want to read it for fun. Small dent in back cover, not really noticeable otherwise GREAT shape. best for grades 1-6.

Retail is $24.95. Asking $l5

Let's Explore the Southern Appalachian Mountains: A Young Explorers Activity Book. No coloring but name on cover.

This format is a little different from your better coloring books, very informative, pictures and words on each page, I really like the way it is set up best for grades 2-5 $1.50

Early Explorers. Land Ho! by Jane Pofahl, Time Traveler Series, Grades 3-6: Research provideed, Cross curriculum activities (reading writing, art, science,history) Reproducible Pages (puzzles, problem solving, critical thinking 200 time period stickers (don't think they are suppose to actually"stick". Postage stamp size) $2.50

Lands of the World, A Remedia Publication, Each page dedicated to a country, has a flag you could color on it, few worksheets at the end. Great for grades 4-6 $3

All Kinds of Courage, Older HB, Lib,discard, sturdy but shows use
> from readers. 1st edtion > Over 400 pages of stories by Laura Ingalls
Wilder, Carol Ryrie Brink, Blassingame,, Eleanor Estes, etc. $3.50

Around the World Stories to Tell to Children by Shirley Brown.
Storiesfrom Ireland, England, Greece, Norwood, China and more...GREAT for unit
studies and fun for read-aloud. Lib. Discard. Cover in poor shape inside fine.$2.50

Abe Lincoln, Frontier Boy, by Augusta Stevenson, Childhood of Famous Americans, DJ Mylar $3.50

Days of Adventure , A GREAT reader from Lyons and Carnahan, Developmental Reading Series Stories about Cyrus McCormick, Gutenberg, Cibola, Black Beauty,Stormalogn, The 49ers, Those Wright boys. And TONS more, this is one great
reader, older, good shape and sturdy, cl956.4th-5th grade Don't miss this! $4

The Indian Fighter by William Kendrick, Interesting ReadingSeries/Follett Publishing, slim HB Reading level grade 3-4, Fun to read stories $2.50

. First Adventure at Sea by Ida R. Rifkin Interesting Reading
Series/Follett Publishing, slim HB stain on a couple pages, bottom ofspine is torn up some. Vocabulary words underlined (by publisher). Such a neat book.. $2.50

Great History/Government/Biography
>
> The Story of Valentine
> Wilma Pitchford Hays
> Older HB Reading level 3-5, lib discard. Fair shape
> $3
>
> Benjamin Franklin
> Thomas Fleming
> Older HB DJ Mylar. Lib. Discard, fair shape (Slight bumpiness to pgs.)
> Reading level grade 5-8
> $4
>
> The Life of Clara Barton
> Percy H.Epler
> Cl906, Reading level gr. 6 and up
> Good shape for lib.discard
> $3

God and Government/Volume 2
Issues in Biblical Perspective
Gary DeMar/Biblical World View Library
Large older PB in good shape/great pictures/250 pgs
Questions for Discussion at the end of chapters. Answers can be written in book. GREAT author
$9

Land of Fair Play
American Civics from a Christian Perspective
Second Edition/Christian Liberty Press
Large PB Textbook shows lots of wear on cover and has dog-eared pages, but no writing inside.
Also have the Answer Key to the above
Best for junior high ages
Both for $5.50

We the People…..
Do ordain and establish this Constitition for the United States of America
Large PB in good shape/ A middle school Student Text.
By the Center for Civic Education 168 pages, some cute comics throughout to lighten it up a bit
$7

The Light and the Glory
Peter Marshall/David Manuel
Thick PB by Power books for junior high and up
$5

Light and the Glory Children’s Activity Book/Ages 5-8/Reproducible. Colored on 2 pages, great activity book! $4.

The First Thanksgiving
Lou Rogers
Slim PB/color pictures, great for read-aloud or a new reader
$1.50

Studies in Reading
Searson & Martin 5th Reader
Old reader, Cl912….Lots of excellent content! Fair shape
At the end of stories are questions ,notes, additional readings, quotes,etc. I really like this book but we are finished with it., some great b/w pictures. Best for junior high and high school
$7

The Picture Story and Biography of Marquette and Joliet
Library of American Heroes by Regina F. Kelly
Follett Publishing/lib.disc. Cl965
Reading level grades 4-6
$4.50

The Book of WHERE
Or, how to be naturally Geographic
By Neill Bell with illus.
Large Scholastic PB
A FUN way to learn Geography
$3.50

Exploring the 50 states, PB $2.50.

Jennie The Life of Lady Randolph Churchill, vol.2 by Martin Jennie The Life of Lady Randolph Churchill, vol.2 The Dramatic Years 1895-1921 HB DJ by Ralph G. Martin Shows some wear on actual hb and DJ, not bad, see pic…inscription inside otherwise clean pages $2.50

Colonial Life in New Hampshire http://homeschoolbookmark.com/graphics/pics/ecolonialife.jpg By James H. Fassett Old Hardback C1901 Good shape for it’s age,Cover shows wear lib.discard$3.50

Van Loon Lives

Written and Illustrated by Hendrik Willem van Loon l942

A GREAT read, I really enjoyed this! Being a true and faithful account of a number of highly interesting meetings with certain historical personages, from Confucius and Plato to Voltaire and Thomas Jefferson, about whom we had always felt a great deal of curiosity and who came to us as our dinner guests in a bygone year.

Reading level junior high and up….

HB in good shape for a Lib. Discard and older book, no dust jacket

A Gift for Genghis Khan

By Frances Jacobs Alberts

Reading level grades 4-6, Lib.Discard HB

Stirring story of Mujil, who is caught between his devotion to the mighty Genghis Khan and his love for a baby camel

$3.50

Romans

Michael Grant and Don Pottinger

Tons on Rome, lots of information in the 64 pages.Really a neat book!

HB DJ Mylar, Lib. Discard

Custer: Fighter of the Plains

Shannon Garst

HB, Lib.Discard, fair shape

$3.50

Franz Liszt

An ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY by Victor Seroff

Nice HB DJ Mylar, Lib.Disc

$4.50

Leif Eriksson First Voyager to America

Katherine B. Shippen

Lib Discard

Lou Gehrig A Quiet Hero

Frank Graham

Lib.Discard

$3.50

Eli Whitney

Robert West Howard

HB DJ

$3.50

Boys Life of John F. Kennedy Boyhood to White House

Bruce Lee

Photos in the middle. Some toddler got to this with a pen. Still readable but markings throughout

Not bad on the actual text pages HB

O Captain! The Death of Abraham Lincoln

LeRoy Hayman

HB DJ Mylar, Lib.Discard

B/W photos throughout, fair shape.sturdy

$3.50

Abraham Lincoln: Courageous Leader

Makers of America Series by Lillian J. Bragdon

Lib. Discard, HB, binding tape on cover. Fair shape, sturdy.

Andrew Jackson: Fighting Frontiersman

Makers of America Series by Frances Fitzpatrick Wright

HB Fair shape, Lib.Discard, Sturdy

Lewis and Clark: Explorers to the West

Makers of America Series Madge Haines and Leslie Morrill

Lib.Discard, Fair shape, HB Sturdy. Outer spine fabric torn

Women Who Shaped History

America in the Making Book by Henrietta Buckmaster

HB DJ Mylar, LD

Women include: Dorothea Dix, Prudence Crandall, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Elizabeth Blackwell, Harriet Tubman, Mary Baker Eddy, Title page had a long cut which I taped otherwise looks good

$3.50

Amelia Earhart: First Lady of Flight

Peggy Mann

HB DJ Mylar, Lib. Discard, fair shape

$2.50

Clara Barton

Mildred Mastin Pace

Lib.Disc, well bound

$3.50

A Mirror for Greatness; Six Americans

Bruce Bliven

HB DJ Mylar, good shape for Lib.Discard

Starring….Ben Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Sojourner Truth, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau

$4.50

The Bells of Freedom

Dorothy Gilman Butters

Story of a 12 year old indentured servant during the Revolutionary War

Nice HB (pages lightly browned with age

R.V.R. (Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rign)

Hendrik Van Loon

Written by his Great Great Grandson 9 times Removed

Cl930, Thick HB, 565 pages, high school level.

$6.50

Easy to Read Living History

Best for grades 1-3, most are older and lib.disc. Great Pictures on the Covers!

The Story of William Penn Written and Illustrated by Aliki

Nice HB, JD Mylar LD, great story book for unit studies! $2.50

Battle for Quebec: Events of the Revolution Series by Susan and John Lee

HB LD, such a neat book! $2

Henry’s Lincoln by Loisa A. Neyhart

Older HB, Lib.Disc, some staining on pages from lots of use but a great reading copy! $2

Ten True Stories About Abraham Lincoln by Ruth Belov Gross

Scholastic, bumpiness to pages otherwise looks great. Be super for a beginner reader $1.50

Down the Mississippi by Clyde Robert Bulla

EXCELLENT Author!! LD HB

Sailing to America: Adventures in Colonial America by James E. Knight

Colonialists at Sea, PB $1.50

The Apple and the Arrow: The Legend of William Tell

Newberry Honor book by Mary and Conrad Buff/Scholastic

$1.50

De Soto Finder of the Mississippi by Ronald Syme

HB great shape, excellent author!

Flatboats and Wagon Wheels by Mildred Houghton Comfort

HB, shows some wear to cover, LD Cl944

I Can Read About Indians by Elizabeth Warren/ Troll Assoc

PB $1

Old Silver Leg Takes Over! A Story of Peter Stuyvesant by Robert Quakenbush

HB DJ Mylar, LD

$2.50

The First Book of the War With Mexico by Henry Castor

HB LD

$2.50

George Washington was NOT the First President! And other crazy facts about our Presidents by Jean Waricha PB, Bend in cover $1.50

Phoebe the Spy by Judith Berry Griffin

slim PB during the time of the Revolution

$1.50

Great History/Government/Biography

> The Story of Valentine
> Wilma Pitchford Hays
> Older HB Reading level 3-5, lib discard. Fair shape
> $3
>
> Benjamin Franklin
> Thomas Fleming
> Older HB DJ Mylar. Lib. Discard, fair shape (Slight bumpiness to pgs.)
> Reading level grade 5-8
> $4
>
> The Life of Clara Barton
> Percy H.Epler
> Cl906, Reading level gr. 6 and up
> Good shape for lib.discard
> $3

The Light and the Glory
Peter Marshall/David Manuel
Thick PB by Power books for junior high and up
$5

Light and the Glory Children’s Activity Book/Ages 5-8/Reproducible. Colored on 2 pages, great activity book! $4.

The First Thanksgiving
Lou Rogers
Slim PB/color pictures, great for read-aloud or a new reader
$1.50

The Picture Story and Biography of Marquette and Joliet
Library of American Heroes by Regina F. Kelly
Follett Publishing/lib.disc. Cl965
Reading level grades 4-6
$4.50

The Book of WHERE
Or, how to be naturally Geographic
By Neill Bell with illus.
Large Scholastic PB
A FUN way to learn Geography
$3.50

Exploring the 50 states, PB $2.50.

Colonial Life in New Hampshire http://homeschoolbookmark.com/graphics/pics/ecolonialife.jpg By James H. Fassett Old Hardback C1901 Good shape for it’s age,Cover shows wear lib.discard$3.50

Van Loon Lives

Written and Illustrated by Hendrik Willem van Loon l942

Reading level junior high and up….

HB in good shape for a Lib. Discard and older book, no dust jacket

A Gift for Genghis Khan

By Frances Jacobs Alberts

Reading level grades 4-6, Lib.Discard HB

Stirring story of Mujil, who is caught between his devotion to the mighty Genghis Khan and his love for a baby camel

$3.50

Romans

Michael Grant and Don Pottinger

Tons on Rome, lots of information in the 64 pages.Really a neat book!

HB DJ Mylar, Lib. Discard

Custer: Fighter of the Plains

Shannon Garst

HB, Lib.Discard, fair shape

$3.50

Franz Liszt

An ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY by Victor Seroff

Nice HB DJ Mylar, Lib.Disc

$4.50

Leif Eriksson First Voyager to America

Katherine B. Shippen

Lib Discard

Lou Gehrig A Quiet Hero

Frank Graham

Lib.Discard

$3.50

Eli Whitney

Robert West Howard

HB DJ

$3.50

Boys Life of John F. Kennedy Boyhood to White House

Bruce Lee

Photos in the middle. Some toddler got to this with a pen. Still readable but markings throughout

Not bad on the actual text pages HB

O Captain! The Death of Abraham Lincoln

LeRoy Hayman

HB DJ Mylar, Lib.Discard

B/W photos throughout, fair shape.sturdy

$3.50

Abraham Lincoln: Courageous Leader

Makers of America Series by Lillian J. Bragdon

Lib. Discard, HB, binding tape on cover. Fair shape, sturdy.

Andrew Jackson: Fighting Frontiersman

Makers of America Series by Frances Fitzpatrick Wright

HB Fair shape, Lib.Discard, Sturdy

Lewis and Clark: Explorers to the West

Makers of America Series Madge Haines and Leslie Morrill

Lib.Discard, Fair shape, HB Sturdy. Outer spine fabric torn

Women Who Shaped History

America in the Making Book by Henrietta Buckmaster

HB DJ Mylar, LD

Women include: Dorothea Dix, Prudence Crandall, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Elizabeth Blackwell, Harriet Tubman, Mary Baker Eddy, Title page had a long cut which I taped otherwise looks good

$3.50

Amelia Earhart: First Lady of Flight

Peggy Mann

HB DJ Mylar, Lib. Discard, fair shape

$2.50

Clara Barton

Mildred Mastin Pace

Lib.Disc, well bound

$3.50

A Mirror for Greatness; Six Americans

Bruce Bliven

HB DJ Mylar, good shape for Lib.Discard

Starring….Ben Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Sojourner Truth, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau

$4.50

The Bells of Freedom

Dorothy Gilman Butters

Story of a 12 year old indentured servant during the Revolutionary War

Nice HB (pages lightly browned with age

R.V.R. (Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rign)

Hendrik Van Loon

Written by his Great Great Grandson 9 times Removed

Cl930, Thick HB, 565 pages, high school level.

$6.50

The Man Without a Country

Edward Everett Hale

Nice HB with DJ Mylar LD

Reading level gr.4-6

The Presidents Cabinet and How It Grew

Nancy Winslow Parker

Lib Disc. HB DJ Mylar

Laid out great,colorful, easy to understand, great for read-aloud during those elementary years

Jedediah Smith on the Far Frontier

By Helen Markley Miller

An American Hero Biography

Lib Disc. HB DJ Mylar

Great for readers gr. 3-4

Who’s That Girl With the Gun?

The Story of Annie Oakley

Robert Quackenbush

HB DJ Mylar, Lib.Disc.loose binding,pages still intact. Great for read-aloud.

The Youth of Washington

Told in the form of an autobiography

So well written it would be great for a read-aloud for all ages

Reading level gr. 5 and up

S.Weir Mitchell, M.D. Cl904

Good shape for such an old HB

Lib.Disc, ., first blank page torn out

$2.50

Lets go down to the Mississippi with LaSalle

Naomi Buchheimer

Older HB, lib.disc.reading level gr.2-4

$2.50

Eliza Pickney

Heroes of the Revolution

Susan and John Lee

Nice HB reading level gr.2-4

The Rebel
H.A.DeRosso
Authorized Edition based on the well-known television series featuring Nick Adams Cl961
Some darling put a pencil tip sized hole throughout the hole book...how I have no idea.It really is hardly noticeable.
$3

Strange Stories of 1812
W.J.Henderson and more...
C 1907...first title pages loose and maybe a couple of others but the rest is fine and intact
Great for read-aloud
$2.50

The Boy Lincoln
William O Stoddard
Cl924
Lib. Disc. Cover shows wear so the library put a homemade dust jack and mylar covering on it. Title page is loose but the rest is bound fine. A GREAT read!
$3

The Story of the American Colonies
Henry Smith Chapman
Nice cover C1930, Lib.Disc.
good shape
$4

An Elementary History of Our Country
Eva, March, Tappan/Houghton Mifflin - Spine is torn up some
C1902, Lib. Disc, Split inside cover but still a sturdy little reader for grades 5-6
$2.50

History for your older readers....

Mary Lincoln
Biography of a Marriage
Ruth Painter Randall
HB DJ, junior high reading level and up.
$5.50

The March of the Barbarians
Never did the future of the world hang in such suspense in so brief a time
Harold Lamb
HB DJ, thick HB, looks GREAT, junior high and up
$6.50

Traitorous Hero, The Life and Fortunes of Benedict Arnold
William W. Wallace
thick HB, homemade library dust jacket and mylar, junior high reading and up
$5.50

John Adams and the American Revolution
Carherine Drinker Bowen
The story of young John Adams, of the dramatic events in which he was a leader, and of the statesmen who worked with him for Independance
Thick HB, DJ, (leaf is torn off dj) inside clean, junior high and up reading level
$5

A Study of History
Arnold J. Toynbee
HB DJ thick book, junior high and up reading level
$5.50

Marching to Glory
The First Hundred Years, 1880-1980
The History of the Salvation Army in the United States
Edward H.McKinley
HB DJ Mylar, LD good shape, junior high and up readinglevel
$4.50

How We Choose Our Congress
Wayne Coffey
HB DJ Mylar, LD junior high reading level and up
$5.50

History for your elementary ages

A Real Book about the ARMED FORCES
Clayton and K.S.Knight with illus.
Older HB, good shape
$4.50

Shiloh
Shelley Foote
(living history)
Older HB LD
$4.50

Spies on the Devil'sBelt
Betsy Haynes
14 year old Johathan tries to prove himself by spying on the British. Fast paced adventure story.
Older HB,DJ, Mylar, LD fair to good shape
$4.50

The Jacksons of Tennessee
Marguerite Vance
Looks like a great read. Andrew and Rachel "epitomized the finest in our pioneer domestic life".
Older HB ,Cover shows wear, LD
$4

Zlata's Diary
A Child's Life in Sarajevo
Zlata Filipovic
Scholastic PB, dog-eared cover/color pictures throughout
$1.50

Knute Rockne Young Athlete
Childhood of Famous Americans
Guernsey Van Riper, Jr.
Old and worn HB, split spine inside. A cheap way to check out this series
$1

Pioneers on Land and Sea
Pioneer History Stories/First book
Stories of the EasternStates and of Ocean Explorers
Charles A. McMurry, Ph.D.
C1904, OLD HB cover shows wear, been taped inside a couple places but still a sturdy great old book.. Really NEAT
$6

Topflight
Famous American Women
edited by Anne Stoddard/Junior Literary Guild
13 different women in areas such as aviation, education, acting, armed services, engineering and more. Not the most famous of woman, you probably haven't heard of most of these ladies.
C1946, Older HB Clean inside for a LD, cover looks okay
$4.50

Roads to Greatness
The Young Folks Shelf of Books
Colliers Junior Classics
Read about all your heroes in this thick HB, Lee, Keller, Gandhi, Bethune,Edison,Mozart and tons more...Great addition to your homeschool, nice pictures, 21 stories in all!
$5.50

White Sails to China
Clyde Robert Bulla
GREAT author, older PB
$2

Stories About Children in Other Lands
by Read-Aloud
Older PB. Some stories include, The Patchwork Kilt, Olaf's Surprise Lunch, Nine Sharks,Joan Comes from China...12 stories in all, easy to read or GREAT for read-aloud
$2

George Washington:
James Cross Giblin
A Picture Book Biography/Scholastic
Lg. PB/beautiful full size Pictures
$3.50

TROLL ASSOC. Paperbacks
Narcissa Whitman: Brave Pioneer good shape
Elizabeth Blackwell; the First Woman Doctor,good shape
Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom poor shap3
All 3 books above for $6

Albert Einstein
Ibi Lepscky
larger PB fair shape
$2

BY GEORGE, BLOOMERS
Judith St.George
Slim PB, easy to read
$2

Sam the Minuteman
Nathanial Benchley/pics by Arnold Lobel
slim PB , easy read
$2

Washington's Birthday
Clyde Robert Bulla
HB,easy read, great author!
$2.50

King George's Head was made of Lead
F. N. Monjo, illus by Margot Tomes
HB DJ MYler, LD
$3

A Picture Book of Ben Franklin
David Adler
Larger nice PB
$2.50

Benjamin Franklin
A DISCOVERY book by Charles P. Graves
HB DJ LD Easy read, shows lots of use from patrons but still a GREAT book!
$3.50

Ferdinand Magellan
Adventures in Discovery/Troll
Ruth Harley PB great shape
$2

Henry Hudson
Adventures in the New World / Troll
Ruth Harley
Bend in PB cover/clean inside
$2

STEP-UP Books, all HB, some with names inside cover.
Meet Andrew Jackson, good shape $4
Meet Abraham Lincoln good shape but name on cover $4
Meet Robert E. Lee Top half of Spine is messed up, inside good $3.50

Meet Christopher Columbus, cover shows slight rubbing otherwise good $4
Meet the Men Who Sailed theSeas,spine flapped loose out side of book. slight split spine inside but still very useable $2.50
Meet the North American Indians, good shape $4
Meet the Pilgrim Fathers,bumping on edges of cover, inside clean $3.50

I Discover Columbus
A True Chronicle of the Great Admiral and His Finding of the New World, narrated by the Venerable Parrot Aurelio, who Shared inthe Glorious Venture.
Robert Lawson
This author also wrote Ben and Me, Mr. Twiggs Mistake and Rabbit Hill
and illustrated Wee Gillis
Cl950 HB LD...a GREAT author/illustrator! outer spine shows some wear and tearing
$5.50

American Trails Series
These are VERY nice HB's, with great photos, maps, etc
Eastern Trails
From Footpaths to Turnpikes
Kathy Pelta/ Raintree-Steck Vaughn Publishers
Early Trails in the East, Emigrant Trails and Freight Roads, Toll Roads and Turnpikes, The Long Trail Home and more
$4.50

Trails to the West
Beyond the Mississippi
Kathy Pelta/Raintree-Steck Vaughn Publishers
The Opening Wedge, Early Trailblazers in the Rockies, Santa Fe and Gila Trails, Old Spanish Trail,
Oregon Trail, etc
$4.50

Educating for Democracy: HORACE MANN
Brittanica Series Book by Jessie Treichler
HB DJ (more from this series on website..ask if you want to know the titles)
$3.50

A Nation Torn
Young Readers History of the Civil War
The Story of How the Civil War Began
Delia Ray
Many large b/w pictures, nice large slim PB 100pgs.
$4

Great Events of the 20th Century
How They Changed Our Lives
Readers Digest
Large thick HB with DJ
$12.

Man of Action
The Life of Teddy Roosevelt
Ira Mothner
Large HB full of large b/w pics No DJ
$4.50

The All-Color Book of THE EARTH by Keith Lye, Nice HB with DJ (Dust Jacket has water damage on back but still looks great or the book looks the same as DJ underneath. This is a great book, the illustrations are great photos and easy to understand diagrams. Great for grades k-5…Covers oceans and seas, changing earth, earth structure, natural wonders, exploration. Don’t miss this! $6, now just $4

Huck Scarry OUR EARTH nice oversized HB Lots of Science and Social Studies, Great format. Great for read-aloud. They do cover the evolution of man and first tools but also, the atom, music, the earth, moon, astronaut , dance , wheat, the cell, traditions, and more, $5 now just $4

--Mapmakers of America by S. Carl Hirsch. A great read lst edition for readers grade 5-8 Nice HB Lib.Disc. $3.50

Tales Alive! Ten Multicultural Fork Tales with Activities as retold by Susan Milford with excellent pictures and format. You will love this book, not only great stories but also hands-on activities. A very clean lib. disc, with reinforced pb cover. $7.50

Troll: Famous People by Ken and Valerie Mcleash; Categories include the arts, leaders, people of action, scientists, sport and entertainment, thinkers and inventoros. Nice larger PB $4

American Folklore and Legends Reader’s Digest The Saga of Our Heroes and Heroines, Our Braggers, Boosters and Bad Men, Our Beliefs and Superstitiions. Nice Larger HB GREAT for read-aloud. Lots of fun, 360 pages. A lot here!! $6

All Around the World by Judy Donnelly, Great for younger elementary grades . Originally came with a globe. Not included. Nice HB $2!

LIST 1 HISTORY , Government, Biography
>
> The Story of Valentine
> Wilma Pitchford Hays
> Older HB Reading level 3-5, lib discard. Fair shape
> $3
>
> Benjamin Franklin
> Thomas Fleming
> Older HB DJ Mylar. Lib. Discard, fair shape (Slight bumpiness to pgs.)
> Reading level grade 5-8
> $4
>
> The Life of Clara Barton
> Percy H.Epler
> Cl906, Reading level gr. 6 and up
> Good shape for lib.discard
> $3

The Light and the Glory
Peter Marshall/David Manuel
Thick PB by Power books for junior high and up
$5

Light and the Glory Children’s Activity Book/Ages 5-8/Reproducible. Colored on 2 pages, great activity book! $4.

The First Thanksgiving
Lou Rogers
Slim PB/color pictures, great for read-aloud or a new reader
$1.50

The Picture Story and Biography of Marquette and Joliet
Library of American Heroes by Regina F. Kelly
Follett Publishing/lib.disc. Cl965
Reading level grades 4-6
$4.50

The Book of WHERE
Or, how to be naturally Geographic
By Neill Bell with illus.
Large Scholastic PB
A FUN way to learn Geography
$3.50

Exploring the 50 states, PB $2.50.

Colonial Life in New Hampshire By James H. Fassett Old Hardback C1901 Good shape for it’s age,Cover shows wear lib.discard$3.50

WORLD LANDMARK Genghis Khan & the Mongol Horde          See the Picture!
     Pictoral Cover shows some rubbing and fraying on spine and corners
     Top of spine is torn and frayed for the top 1/2 inch. Binding tape inside cover, LD
     Slightly loose back cover although the binding tape has it firmly attached. Inside of book clean
     $6.50

The Story of John J. Audubon Joan Howard Nice Signature,very clean inside, tan covering in fair shape, dingy ,not bad$5

Mapmakers of America by S. Carl Hirsch. A great read lst edition for readers grade 5-8 Nice HB Lib.Disc. $3.50

Troll: Famous People by Ken and Valerie Mcleash; Categories include the arts, leaders, people of action, scientists, sport and entertainment, thinkers and inventoros. Nice larger PB $4

All Around the World by Judy Donnelly, Great for younger elementary grades . Originally came with a globe. Not included. Nice HB $2

Van Loon Lives

Written and Illustrated by Hendrik Willem van Loon l942

Reading level junior high and up….

HB in good shape for a Lib. Discard and older book, no dust jacket

A Gift for Genghis Khan

By Frances Jacobs Alberts

Reading level grades 4-6, Lib.Discard HB

Stirring story of Mujil, who is caught between his devotion to the mighty Genghis Khan and his love for a baby camel

$3.50

Romans

Michael Grant and Don Pottinger

Tons on Rome, lots of information in the 64 pages.Really a neat book!

HB DJ Mylar, Lib. Discard

Custer: Fighter of the Plains

Shannon Garst

HB, Lib.Discard, fair shape

$3.50

Franz Liszt

An ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY by Victor Seroff

Nice HB DJ Mylar, Lib.Disc

$4.50

Leif Eriksson First Voyager to America

Katherine B. Shippen

Lib Discard

Lou Gehrig A Quiet Hero

Frank Graham

Lib.Discard

$3.50

Eli Whitney

Robert West Howard

HB DJ

$3.50

Boys Life of John F. Kennedy Boyhood to White House

Bruce Lee

Photos in the middle. Some toddler got to this with a pen. Still readable but markings throughout

Not bad on the actual text pages HB

O Captain! The Death of Abraham Lincoln

LeRoy Hayman

HB DJ Mylar, Lib.Discard

B/W photos throughout, fair shape.sturdy

$3.50

Abraham Lincoln: Courageous Leader

Makers of America Series by Lillian J. Bragdon

Lib. Discard, HB, binding tape on cover. Fair shape, sturdy.

Andrew Jackson: Fighting Frontiersman

Makers of America Series by Frances Fitzpatrick Wright

HB Fair shape, Lib.Discard, Sturdy

Lewis and Clark: Explorers to the West

Makers of America Series Madge Haines and Leslie Morrill

Lib.Discard, Fair shape, HB Sturdy. Outer spine fabric torn

Women Who Shaped History

America in the Making Book by Henrietta Buckmaster

HB DJ Mylar, LD

Women include: Dorothea Dix, Prudence Crandall, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Elizabeth Blackwell, Harriet Tubman, Mary Baker Eddy, Title page had a long cut which I taped otherwise looks good

$3.50

Amelia Earhart: First Lady of Flight

Peggy Mann

HB DJ Mylar, Lib. Discard, fair shape

$2.50

Clara Barton

Mildred Mastin Pace

Lib.Disc, well bound

$3.50

A Mirror for Greatness; Six Americans

Bruce Bliven

HB DJ Mylar, good shape for Lib.Discard

Starring….Ben Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Sojourner Truth, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau

$4.50

The Bells of Freedom

Dorothy Gilman Butters

Story of a 12 year old indentured servant during the Revolutionary War

Nice HB (pages lightly browned with age

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LIST 2 HISTORY

The Man Without a Country

Edward Everett Hale

Nice HB with DJ Mylar LD

Reading level gr.4-6

The Presidents Cabinet and How It Grew

Nancy Winslow Parker

Lib Disc. HB DJ Mylar

Laid out great,colorful, easy to understand, great for read-aloud during those elementary years

Both for $6

Jedediah Smith on the Far Frontier

By Helen Markley Miller

An American Hero Biography

Lib Disc. HB DJ Mylar

Great for readers gr. 3-4

Who’s That Girl With the Gun?

The Story of Annie Oakley

Robert Quackenbush

HB DJ Mylar, Lib.Disc.loose binding,pages still intact. Great for read-aloud.

Both for $4

The Youth of Washington

Told in the form of an autobiography

So well written it would be great for a read-aloud for all ages

Reading level gr. 5 and up

S.Weir Mitchell, M.D. Cl904

Good shape for such an old HB

Lib.Disc, ., first blank page torn out

$2.50

Lets go down to the Mississippi with LaSalle

Naomi Buchheimer

Older HB, lib.disc.reading level gr.2-4

$2.50

Eliza Pickney

Heroes of the Revolution

Susan and John Lee

Nice HB reading level gr.2-4

Strange Stories of 1812
W.J.Henderson and more...
C 1907...first title pages loose and maybe a couple of others but the rest is fine and intact
Great for read-aloud
$2.50

The Story of the American Colonies
Henry Smith Chapman
Nice cover C1930, Lib.Disc.
good shape
$4

An Elementary History of Our Country
Eva, March, Tappan/Houghton Mifflin - Spine is torn up some
C1902, Lib. Disc, Split inside cover but still a sturdy little reader for grades 5-6
$2.50

History for your older readers....

Mary Lincoln
Biography of a Marriage
Ruth Painter Randall
HB DJ, junior high reading level and up.
$5.50

The March of the Barbarians
Never did the future of the world hang in such suspense in so brief a time
Harold Lamb
HB DJ, thick HB, looks GREAT, junior high and up
$6.50

Traitorous Hero, The Life and Fortunes of Benedict Arnold
William W. Wallace
thick HB, homemade library dust jacket and mylar, junior high reading and up
$5.50

A Study of History
Arnold J. Toynbee
HB DJ thick book, junior high and up reading level
$5.50

Marching to Glory
The First Hundred Years, 1880-1980
The History of the Salvation Army in the United States
Edward H.McKinley
HB DJ Mylar, LD good shape, junior high and up readinglevel
$4.50

How We Choose Our Congress
Wayne Coffey
HB DJ Mylar, LD junior high reading level and up
$5.50

History for your elementary ages

A Real Book about the ARMED FORCES
Clayton and K.S.Knight with illus.
Older HB, good shape
$4.50

Shiloh
Shelley Foote
(living history)
Older HB LD
$4.50

Spies on the Devil'sBelt
Betsy Haynes
14 year old Johathan tries to prove himself by spying on the British. Fast paced adventure story.
Older HB,DJ, Mylar, LD fair to good shape
$4.50

The Jacksons of Tennessee
Marguerite Vance
Looks like a great read. Andrew and Rachel "epitomized the finest in our pioneer domestic life".
Older HB ,Cover shows wear, LD
$4

Zlata's Diary
A Child's Life in Sarajevo
Zlata Filipovic
Scholastic PB, dog-eared cover/color pictures throughout
$1.50

Knute Rockne Young Athlete
Childhood of Famous Americans
Guernsey Van Riper, Jr.
Old and worn HB, split spine inside. A cheap way to check out this series
$1

White Sails to China
Clyde Robert Bulla
GREAT author, older PB
$2

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LIST 3 HISTORY

     George Washington:
     James Cross Giblin
     A Picture Book Biography/Scholastic
     Lg. PB/beautiful full size Pictures
     $3.50

     TROLL ASSOC. Paperbacks
     Narcissa Whitman: Brave Pioneer good shape
     Elizabeth Blackwell; the First Woman Doctor,good shape
     Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom poor shap3
     All 3 books above for $6

     Albert Einstein
     Ibi Lepscky
     larger PB fair shape
     $2

     BY GEORGE, BLOOMERS
     Judith St.George
     Slim PB, easy to read
     $2

     Sam the Minuteman
     Nathanial Benchley/pics by Arnold Lobel
     slim PB , easy read
     $2

     Washington's Birthday
     Clyde Robert Bulla
     HB,easy read, great author!
     $2.50

     A Picture Book of Ben Franklin
     David Adler
     Larger nice PB
     $2.50

     Benjamin Franklin
     A DISCOVERY book by Charles P. Graves
     HB DJ LD Easy read, shows lots of use from patrons but still a GREAT book!
     $3.50

     Ferdinand Magellan
     Adventures in Discovery/Troll
     Ruth Harley PB great shape
     $2

     Henry Hudson
     Adventures in the New World / Troll
     Ruth Harley
     Bend in PB cover/clean inside
     $2

     STEP-UP Books, all HB, some with names inside cover.
     Meet Andrew Jackson, good shape $4
     Meet Abraham Lincoln good shape but name on cover $4
     Meet Robert E. Lee Top half of Spine is messed up, inside good $3.50
     Meet Christopher Columbus, cover shows slight rubbing otherwise good $4
     Meet the Men Who Sailed theSeas,spine flapped loose out side of book. slight split spine inside but still very useable $2.50
     Meet the North American Indians, good shape $4
     Meet the Pilgrim Fathers,bumping on edges of cover, inside clean $3.50
     Buy all for $25ppd

American Trails Series
These are VERY nice HB's, with great photos, maps, etc

Eastern Trails
From Footpaths to Turnpikes
Kathy Pelta/ Raintree-Steck Vaughn Publishers
Early Trails in the East, Emigrant Trails and Freight Roads, Toll Roads and Turnpikes, The Long Trail Home and more
$4.50

Trails to the West
Beyond the Mississippi
Kathy Pelta/Raintree-Steck Vaughn Publishers
The Opening Wedge, Early Trailblazers in the Rockies, Santa Fe and Gila Trails, Old Spanish Trail,
Oregon Trail, etc
$4.50

Educating for Democracy: HORACE MANN
Brittanica Series Book by Jessie Treichler
HB DJ (more from this series on website..ask if you want to know the titles)
$3.50

A Nation Torn
Young Readers History of the Civil War
The Story of How the Civil War Began
Delia Ray
Many large b/w pictures, nice large slim PB 100pgs.
$4

Great Events of the 20th Century
How They Changed Our Lives
Readers Digest
Large thick HB with DJ
$12.

Man of Action
The Life of Teddy Roosevelt
Ira Mothner
Large HB full of large b/w pics No DJ
$4.504t

LIST 4

History/Geography

A Long Way to Go
A Story of Womens' Right To Vote
Once Upon America series
Zibby O'Neal with illus
PB 1917...Lisa's just as smart as the boys she knows. so why are they allowed to do things that she isn't ? Easy to read. grades 2-3
$2

Modern Crusaders
John Travers Moore and Resemarian V. Staudacher.
VISION books, HB First Printing, 1957
$6

Ancient Egyptians
Worldwise PB, slim, retail $7.00, neat colorful book for your younger grades
$3

McGraw Hill ..Meeting People
Slim HB, Grade one, social studies textbook
$2

You Are There....LEADERS : People who Make a Difference
Gare Thompson
Larger slim PB, retail $6.95
Leaders in Science, Art, Gov't, History, Music,Business and Sports
$2

A Convention of Delegates
The Creation of the Constitiution
Denis J. Hauptly
HB DJ Mylar LD best for readers junior high and up
$4

Birth of The Constitution
Edmund Lindop
HB DJ Mylar LD, nice pictures , best for junior high and up
$4

A Picture Book of Simon Bolivar
David A. Adler, with illus...Scolastic, larger slim PB
Best for earlier elementary years, great shape
$2.50

George Washington
A Picture Book Biography
James Cross Giblin with illus
Scholastic, large slim PB lovely full page artwork
$2.50

Abraham Lincoln
President of a Divided Courntry
a Rookie Biography by Carol Greene
Nice HB LD Lots of wonderful pictures
Great for newer readers grades 1-3
$2.50

LIST 5 WORLD HISTORY

Journey to Olympia: the Story of the Olympic Games
by Tessa Duder Large
Scholastic PB with name on cover, otherwise great shape. Cover has been
covered with acetate to preserve the book
. $4

The Olympic Summer Games
by Caroline Arnold,
HB LD in good shape. Lots of photos, current Olympic games
$1.50

Punjabi Century l857-l947
larger pb autobiography of a Punjabi family over three tumultuous generation that spanned the years from Mutiny to Independance $2

The Incredible Incas Yesterday and Today
by Carleton Beals
with DJ and Plastic
$3.50

Cortes of Mexico
by Ronald Syme
Cl951 HB LD Spine is separating from back and front cover, nothing some tape wouldn’t cure. 188 pages. Reading level grade 4 and up.
$4

Camel Caravan
by Arthur Catherall
l963 l48 pages Boy travels on camel to Timbuktu
$4

Brave His Soul
by Ellen Pugh
The story of Prince Madog of Wales and his discovery of America in ll70 HB with DJ and Plastic
$4.50

Seven Wonders of the Modern World
by George Sullivan
HB with DJ and Plastic 125 Pages
$2.50

The Life and Times of Napoleon
by Curtis International
Portraits of Greatness HB 75 pages. Tons of fantastic artwork in this volume.
$6.50

Grettir the Strong
Retold by Robert Newton
From Ireland comes this tale of an outlaw and hero. HB with DJ and Plastic
$5

Bound for the Rio Grande The Mexican Struggle 1845-1850
Milton Meltzer
Using original sources, letters, diaries, documents, maps, songs, speeches, and illustrations of the period by the people who shaped it. The Living History Library 275 pages HB 5th grade reading level and up
$4.50

LIST 6 SOCIAL STUDIES AND GEOGRAPHY

How we Use Maps and Globes
HB Like the book above Cl968. Great social studies geography for grades 1-3.
$3

Troll Student Atlas l
arge PB in great shape Great maps and information for you elementary aged child
$5

Eskimos
A Small World book
Cover shows rubbing. LD HB Has water damage inside (Pages are bumpy) but the information is really well laid out and kids would enjoy reading it.
$1.50

Puerto Ricans In America
by Ronald J. Larsen
HB LD b/w photos, some neat underlining in pencil
$1.50

YSLL Atlas.
A nice atlas for elementary students. I know I have another I use all the time. HB like new , no DJ l983
$3

Pablo, Boy of Mexico.
Large HB put out by Encyclopedia Britannica, (true to life book) l962, lots of color photos. Great shape
$1

All Around the World
Large HB like new l995 Studying the map and globe
$3

Huck Scarry "Our Earth"
Oversize HB l982 Very Nice and like new Has about 50 things listed in the table of contents and a running timeline across the top of the book Here are the first 6 listings in Contents. Man’s view of the Earth, Time is Distance, Distance is Time, What is the Universe, Of Atoms and Elements, The Life of the Stars.
$5

Mexican Folk Tales
by Juliet Piggott
HB with DJ and Plastic, illus. by John Spencer 1976 American Edition
Eleven different stories,128 pages, about 4th grade reading level Very sturdy, fair shape.
$2.50

Ukrainian Folk Tales
Translated by Marie Hulun Bloch
with illus. HB LD Each story full of heart and humor. Fair shape
$3

LIST 7 EARLY AMERICA =EXPLORERS

NO GOLDEN CITIES The Saga of the First Permanent Settlement in America
by Thelma C. Nason,
illus. by Paul Williams LD HB with DJ and MYlar covering, Nine years before Jamestown, Spain
established a colony in New Mexico. It was the lst permanent settlement in what was to be
the USA. Much of the colony's hardships are seen through Cristobal's point of view. There
is a coffee stain on two of the pages in the end part of the book. Other than the tape'
yellowing in the book it is in pretty good shape. Well bound, 153 pages. Reading level grade 4 and up
$4

BEFORE COLUMBUS
Written and illus. by Muriel Batherman.
HB with DJ and Mylar in great shape. LD that looks as if it was never checked out. Describes
the dwellings, tools, clothing, customs, and other aspects of daily life by the
earlies inhabitants of N. America, the Basketmaker Indians and their descendants, the Pueblos. for the younger kids
$3.50

A Holiday Book Thanksgiving
by Lee Wyndham
with illus. 1st blank page missing, cover shows lots of wear in this old HB but the story is great and the pages inside are clean, great for a read aloud or for 3rd gr. reading level
$1.50

The First Thanksgiving
by Lou Rogers.
Sweet older PB for your beginner readers in fair shape sweet color pictures
$2

Columbus

Columbus Sails
by C. Walter Hodges
HB LD Spine taped neatly with clear tape, I think just for reinforcement Reading level grade 5 and up. The next step up from a landmark as far as reading level. Full page illus. in b/w Cl939 corners badly bumped but otherwise other thank the library markings it is in good shape 217 pages
$4.50

Christopher Columbus: Admiral of the Ocean Sea
by Jim Haskins
a Scholastic Biography PB good shape. Especially good for grades 4-6 132 pages long
$1.50

I Sailed With Columbus
This is a gorgeous HC like new but without the DJ. Full size color pictures inside .
$6

Christopher Columbus, Mariner
by Samuel Eliot Morison
(More junior high reading although good readers in 4th and 5th could read it)
$4.50

Others

Balboa
lg pb part of back cover torn off. For smaller children
$1.25

The French Explorers in America
by Buehr
$3.50

Explorers of the Pacific
by A. Grove Day
l70 pages l966. Chapters include Canoe Voyagers of Ancient Times, The Portuguese Seek the Indies, The Century of Spain, Discoveries of the Dutch, British Privateers, Buccaneers, and Crusoes, The French Frigates Mystery, Captain Cook and the Endeavor, Captain Cook’s Last Voyages, Bounty Pandora and Investigator, Yankee Skippers in Pacific Waters, Some maps and sketches throughout
$6

Golden Cities Golden Ships
Early Spanish Explorers of California l968 48 pages
$3.50

LIST 8 IMMIGRANTS- Our Country - Presidents

Rivington Street
by Meredith Tax
A thick HB novel about 4 Jewish women in the garment unions on New York’s Lower East Side.
$2

Ellis Island the Immigrant Years
by Bill Severn
HB with DJ and Plastic LD Photos in the middle
$5

The United States Border Patrol
HB Almost like a landmark with photos in the middle
$5

Dust of Life
A History’s Children Book 48 pages. The first blank page has a large section torn off. I read this aloud and we all enjoyed it but it is sad. About a Vietnamese family who has been living in California for 5 years. Anh (jr. high age I think) welcomes her cousin Lan, a Vietnamese refuge and tries to help her come to terms with her terrible past.
$5

We the People. The Story of the US Capitol PB
put out by the U.S. Capitol Historical Society
A TON of great photographs and art work/ Neat book 142 pages
$3.50

American History Through Conflicting Interpretations
by David F. Kellum,
HB with DJ and Mylar LD in good shape High School level
$2.50

America's Building The Makers of Our Flag
by George Earl Freeland, Walker and Williams
Older textbook from THE New Frontier Social Science Series Cl939Some underlining in pencil through out. Pages show some staining but the book is very sturdy. A really neat book,very enjoyable reading, easily could be read aloud. I would guess grades 5-7.level. State of Kansas $6

Our Living History Reader's Digest Explore America.
Beautiful Large HB Lots of beautiful colored photos. A NICE book
$8

America A Narrative History Volume 1
by George Brown Tindall.
Very thick large PB over 700 pages High School level. New was $9.95. Good shape
Asking $4

The Great American Adventure.
HC Action stories from Cooper to Mailer and what they reveal about American manhood. Inside has Threefrom Philadelphia (3 stories), Three from Boston , Three Anomolies (eg. Carson’s Autobiograhpy, Twain’s Roughing It l872, Roosevelt’s Autobiography l856, and Three Aesthetes, (Hemingways’s The Green Hill of Africa l935 and a couple more) Regularly $l9.95 Smaller HC in excellent shape (probably jr. High on up)
$6

America A Narrative History Volume 1
by George Brown Tindall. Very thick large PB over 700 pages. Has outlining with blue or yellow marker throughout. High School level. New was $9.95
. Asking $3

Landmarks of Liberty;
larger HB 22 Landmarks including, George Washington’s Birthplace, Jamestown, Washington Monument, Saratoga Battlefield, Gettysburg Battlefield, etc. Has photos, sketches and maps 88 pages a DAV book
$3

We Grew Up in America
Compiled by Alice I. Hazeltine
Stories of their own youth told by Charles Lindberg, Katharine Cornell, Jesse Stuart, Grandma Moses and 20 more. HB DJ and Plastic LD 240 pages
$6

Exploring the 50 States
by Marcie Anderson
PB in good shape
$2.50

A PICTURE BOOK OF THE U.S.A.
BY Beth Goodman
, larger Slim Scholastic, great photo's
$1.50

Lincoln
Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance
by Frances Cavanah
PB that shows wear Nothing pretty to look at but still well bound. Reading level grade 4 and up. Older 124 page Scholastic A great read!
$2

Abraham Lincoln, The Prairie Years and the War Years.
By Carl Sandburg.
This is Vol 3 (of 3 volumes) The War Years 1864-l865 Older l954 paperback
$1.

Back to the Day Lincoln Was Shot.
Travelers Through Time #3..
Can they save the Presidents Life? Scholastic An APPLE PB
135 pages great shape
$2

Captain! The Death of Abraham Lincoln
by Leroy Hayman
126 pages Photos and sketches throughout. 1968 For grades 4-8 Fair Shape
$4

The Death of Lincoln
by Leroy Haymon
, A Scholastic Biography in fair to good shape
$1

Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution
by James M. McPherson
lg pb like new, high school level
$5

The Army of the Potomac, Mr. Lincoln's Army
HB (no DJ) High school level, good shape
$3.50

The Army of the Potomac, Mr. Lincoln's Army
HB with DJ and Mylar Covering Great Shape
$4.50

Lincoln Collector The Story of the Oliver R. Barrett Lincoln Collection
by Carl Sandburg
, Lg. HB with DJ
$5

Washington
George Washington Man and Monument
pb with lots of small print
$3

George Washington and the Birth of Our Nation
by Milton Meltzer
HB with DJ and Mylar great shape for junior high and up
$5

Man From Mt. Vernon
A novel for Jr. High and up to read. Looks good. HC with nice DC HS level and up
$3.50

Others
Frontier President…The Life of James K. Polk
HB with DJ for grades 4-8
$4

Mr. President: A book of the United States Presidents
by George Sullivan
older PB b/w pictures
$1

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LIST 9 COLONIAL AMERICA -THE OLD WEST

Adventures in Colonial America "Blue Feather’s Vision" The dawn of Colonial America
by James E. Knight larger slim pb 32 pages Troll
$1.50

Quanah Parker Indian Warrior for Peace
by LaVere Anderson
An Americans All Biography HB in good shape Library pocket and stamp. Very clean for a LD Cl970
$4

Westward to Promontory: Building the Union Pacific across the plains and mountains. A Pictoral Documentary
with text by Barry B. Compbs.
Large HB with DJ in great shape Really neat pictures of "back then
"$8.50

Gold Fields of the Klondike
by Ernest Ingersoll
PB lots of b/w picture, small print
$1

Pony Express
by Fred Reinfeld
A true-life adventure story of the Old West in the days when Buffalo Bill Cody rode for the Pony Express HB DJ LD
$5.00

Black Hawk Indian Patriot
by Lavere Anderson
HB with DJ and Plastic for younger readersLD
$5

The Obstinate Land
by Harold Keith
HB with DJ and Plastic The Rombergs in l983 find their "promised land" to farm on, but when they get there they
find another family reached it first (called soonering) This family settledillegally on their land. Since there was no law to speak of they had to move on to a less favored spot and start their battle against drought, dust storms, bandits, unpredictable ranchers and fierce weather in Oklahoma.
$4

Indian Foe, Indian Friend
by Jules Archer
DJ with plastic True Story told about a Lt. General who was an Indian fighter but at the same time was a good friend to them.
$6

Wounded Knee An Indian History of the American West
by Dee Brown
Adapted for younger readers by Amy Ehrlich (From Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee) page 4 has been taped HB DJ and Plastic $6.50

The Lemhi: Sacajawea’s People
by Brigham D. Madsen
Larger PB some photo’s and maps , more junior high level and up
$3.

Sandy and the Indians
by Margaret Friskey
illustrations by Milo Winter, Assumed lst edition Cl944 by Wilcox and Follett, Co. , Chicago, Epic story of the old frontier adventurous days and theconflict that arose between the Indian and the white man. .The hero of this tale, Sandy, floats in a borrowed canoe that he cannot control, floats directly into the Sac village, which the white men are on the point of attack. Black Hawk is brooding over a treaty signed by a drunken Indian; Great Story! Book plate in it and library impression, no ink or due date pages or stamps. Very Clean inside, tightly bound. You can see in the picture that the cover shows some wear
$6.50

Cowboys of the Wild West
by Russell Freedman
arge Scholastic PB in great shape l00 pages. 1993 printing. Gives a true look at the proud young men who inspired the legend-old time-trail driving cowboys that worked the open range during the l890’s. Lots of b/w photos Nice book
$3.50

Frontiers of Fortune The Fur Trade Trade Routes Series
by Donald Honig DJ with plastic l967 127 pages
$6

Fur Trappers and Traders, the Indians, The Pilgrims and the Beaver
Beatrice Siegel
HB with DJ and Plastic 3rd grade reading level and up, great b/w pictures 64 page
$4.50

He Served Two Masters The Story of the Conquest of Mexico
by Adof Haller
HB With the small band of adventurers who set sail from Cuba in 1519 there was a boy . Orphaned in the New World he served as a page to Cortes and then to Monezuma. In his own words the boy gives his story.
$5.50

Bugles and Brass
by George Garland
pb about the l870’s when Apache terror reigned over Arizona pb like new
$2

Tales of the Frontier.
Larger thick pb from Lewis and Clark to the Last Roundup This is no overnight read!
$6

The Generous Years; Remembrances of a Frontier Boyhood
by Chet Huntley
HB with DJ Begins before WW1 and reached into the mid 20s
$4.

CHILDREN OF THE EARTH AND SKY; FIVE stories about Native American Children
written by Stephen Krensky ,
illus. by Jams Watling. larger slim Scholastic, nice pictures!
$2

if you lived with THE SIOUX INDIANS
by Ann McGovern
PB fair to good shape. Older Scholastic C l972 80 pages Good for read aloud or reading level grade3 and up. Neat book
$4

Cowboys
looks like a Trolls Associate book almost)
$l.50

LIST 10 AMERICAN REVOLUTION - CIVIL WAR /SlAVERY ISSUES

Johnny Tremain: A Story of Boston in Revolt
by Ester Forbes
pb in fair shape, cover shows wear and very slight split in binding in the middle of book. 255 pages, best for junior high grades
$2

At the Forge Of Liberty. The American Revolution
by Alden R. Carter
Beautiful Cover in this nice HB LD 96 pages, very clean Cl988, nice pictures best for grades 4 and up
$6

Johnny Tremain
by Esther Forbes
Hardback, LD in fair shape
$4

The American Revolution
by Edward Countryman.
A larger PB still in the shrink wrap for high school ages and up
$3

Between the Devil and The Sea The Life of James Forten
by Brenda A.Johnston,
illus. by Don Miller. HB with DJ and Mylar Cover LD in good, clean sturdy shape. Library markings very neat. Cl974 lst edition
. $4

The Revolutionary War
by Bart McDowell
A National Geographic Society HB with DJ and Plastic (although the plastic over the DJ has a tear in the back Split from spine in the front but still in good shape LD
$5

The American Revolution the French Allies
by Robin McKown
92 pages l969
$4

Andrews’ Raiders
by Roberta Strauss
An account of the daring mission that took Union soldiers behind Confederate lines to seize a train and destroy communication lines. HB with DJ and Plastic 120 pages fair shape
$4

An Album of the American Revolution
by Leonard W. Ingraham,
illustrated with maps and photographs. Large HB Faded Cover b/w pictures. Spine is intact but a little wiggly 94 pages. Fair condition
$3

From Colony to Nation With Washington and His Army in the War for Independence
l966 226 pages
$5

The War We Could Have Lost, The American Revolution
by Clifford Lindsey Alderman
DJ with plastic. (torn on bottom edge, will tape)
$6

Free Men Must Stand. The American War of Independance
by Eric Wollencott Barnes
l56 pages. George Washington in a great pose on the cover
$5

A Window on Williamsburg.
A revised edition, Larger HB with DJ and Plastic Full of Photographs. Fair condition
$3

For Life and Liberty The Story of the Declaration of Independance
by Mary Hoehling and Betty Randall
HB with DJ and Plastic
$5

Guardians of Liberty Sam Adams and John Hancock
by Olga Hall-Quest
1963 190 pages
$5

Honor Bound
by Frank Bonham
HB LD in fair shape Water stain in middle of book on a couple of pages. Not really obvious. Reading level would be grade 5 and up. 242 pages Cl963 The years during and immediately before the Civil War were hectic ones in California’s history, filled with plots and counter plots, and what has been described here is hardly more fantastic when what actually took place $5

Honor Bound
by Frank Bonham
Just found another HB with DJ and Plastic that looks great on the outside.inside have usual LD markings inside cover but looks great otherwise $5.50

Yankee From Olympus …Oliver Wendell Holmes
A Bantam biography abridgment
He was a Captain of the Infantry in the Civil War and wounded 3 times and a Justice of the Supreme Court of the US. He believed there were never sides, only the truth.
$2

Slavery to Civil War 1812-l865
by William Loren Katz
illustrate with photographs A Minority in American History Vol. 2 HB LD 85pages
$7

Thaddeus Stevens and the fight for Negro Rights.
Has DJ and Plastic Good shape
$3.50

LIST 11 WORLD WARS 1 & 2
OTHER WAR STORIES

All Battle Stations Manned The United States Navy in WW2
by James Poling
HB in fair shape although cover shows some wear
$3

LIST 12 OUR HEROES

The Amazing Alexander Hamilton
by Arthur Orrmont
Cl964, HB LD Good sturdy shape
$5

IN Lincoln's Footsteps The Life of Andrew Johnson
by Bill Severn
C1966 LD HB in good sturdy shape
$5

Simon Bolivar South American Liberator
by Carol Greene
A biography of the South American general and revolutionary called the George Washington of South America who helped liberate parts of South America from Spain. NICE HB in great shape. LD Grades 4 and up 110 pages. A People of Dinstiction Biography, with Pictures
$4.50

Juarez, Hero Of Mexico
by Nina Brown Baker
Cl942 LD Thicker HB 310 pages fair shape but very sturdy. Looks like a good, easy-to-read, book for grades 5 and up
$5.50

Portrait of T.E. Lawrence
by Vyvyan Richards
PB , older Scholastic. At 26 he was uncrowned king of the Arabs-their leader in a revolt against the Turks which became a pivotal victory for the Allies in WW1. The World knows him as Lawrence of Arabia
$1.25

Edward Rose, Negro Trail Blazer
by Harold W. Felton
HB with DJ and Mylar, in great shape for LD
$3.50

Benjamin Franklin Ingenious Diplomat
by John Cuneo
A Saratoga Cluster HB in great shape for Junior High and up
$5

Alexander Wilson Wanderer in the Wilderness
by Robert Plate.
HB LD in good shape
$4

The Mayo Brothers
by Jane Goodsell
HB in great shape. Nice illus. great for readers in 2nd and 3rd grade. Reads like a Step-up book
$3.50

Quanah Leader of the Comanche
by Julian May
HB LD Nice Pencil sketches inside. Great for a read aloud or reader in grades 3-4.
$3.50

Thomas Jefferson and His World,
American Heritage
PB with lots of pictures, for junior high and up
$2

Rough Men, Tough Men
Edited by William Cole,
illus. HB in great shape other than a yellow highlighter line on the table of contents. 250 pages of historical poetry, from faraway places , knights and deeds, the fighting Irish, away out west, sea dogs and bucanneers and more
$5.50

LOU GEHRIG Pride of the Yankees
larger Troll
PB in good shape 46 pages. Reading level, grade 2 and up
$1.25

John Marshall , The Great Chief Justice
by Caroline Tucker
HB LD in good shape Cl962 207 pages good shape. Reading level grade 5 and up
$3.50

Yankee from Olympus Justice Holmes and His Family
l944 copyright HB 475 pages , junior high and up LD no DJ, small split inside cover on spine otherwise sturdy and in good shape $4

David Farragut
Steck Vaughn.
larger hb slim One of the Hispanic Stories books First blank page has part torn off. Left side of book in English, Right side is written in Spanish
$4

Eleanor and Franklin
by Joseph P. Lash
The Story of Their Relationship based on Eleanor Roosevelt’s Private Papers. A thick PB Pictures inside.
$2

Frederick Douglass fights for freedom
by Margaret Davidson
older paperback Scholastic, reading level would be grades 3-5 80pgs with illus
$1.25

John Paul Jones
by Iris Vinton.
Older Scholastic PB
$1.50

Christopher Columbus: Admiral of the Ocean Sea.
Jim Haskins
A Scholastic PB good shape
$2

Jackie Robinson: A Life Of Courage
Troll assoc.
48 pages. Reading level 2nd grade and up. Fair to good shape PB
$2

George Washington Carver, the Man who Overcame
Lawrence Elliott
HB
$3.

An American Bard The Story of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
by Ruth Langland Holberg
HB LD
$5

Pecos Bill
by Ariane Dewey
HB with DJ and Plastic. LD A great beginner book. However Bill (however discreetly drawn ) is still naked when the coyotes are a raisin him. Cute book otherwise
$2.50

Charles Lindbergh
by Kenneth G. Richards
A People of Destiny edition Large HB in good shape LD Lots of great b/w photos and sketches
$8

Alexander Wilson; Wanderer in the Wilderness
by Robert Plate
HB
$3.50

The True Story of Gandhi
HC (4th grade and up)
$3.50

Ben Franklin
by Enid Lamonte Meadowcroft.
An older scholatic PB in fair shape
$2

Winston Churchill Lion of Britain
HB LD A Century Book
$5

WILBER AND ORVILLE WRIGHT; THE FLIGHT TO ADVENTURE
. A Troll Assoc
PB in great shape
$1.50

A PICTURE BOOK OF JOHN F. KENNEDY
BY David A. Adler,
illus by Robert Casilla Almost like a troll, nice pictures
$1.50

The AGE OF JACKSON
by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
A Landmark in American Historical Writing, Special
Abridged Edition A Mentor PB, has underlining throughout, high school level
$1

PEN AND BAYONET The story of Joyce Kilmer,
by Norah Smaridge
A Catholic Digest Junior Book Shelf book ,illus. by June Roberts HB (looks like a landmark type)
$4.50

PEARY TO THE POLE
BY Walter Lord,
illus with 27 pictures.A BREAKTHROUGH book.A Harper Crest Library Edition Very clean for school discard.
1963 Assumed lst edition. Cover shows some light rubbing and there is a small number written on the cover
below the authors name (see picture) Tight Binding. Reading level grade 4 and up
$4

Thomas Alva Edison
pb. A second or third grader could read this book. Pencil sketches throughout 80 pages
$2.50

John Paul Jones
Scholastic,
however it is the same book as the Signature book (same author)
$2

Touch of Light The Story of Louis Braille
by Anne E. Neimark
DJ with plastic Cover is coming loose from the spine but it is still well bound l970 l80 pages
$3

MOZART A Great LIVES
Percy M. Young
HB 32 pages, very nice book,looks new
$3.50

HERBERT HOOVER; Engineer, Humanitarian,Statesman,
by Dorothy Horton McKee,
illus with Photographs, HB LD , sturdy edition in fair shape best for grades 6 and up
$4

JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY; Young Man in the White House
by I.E.Levine
A HB Archway book Cl964 in good shape Reading level grade 5 and up
$4

DARING SEA WARRIOR Franklin Buchanan
by George Fielding Eliot,
HB LD that doesn't look as though it has ever been read, binding very tight. reading level grade 5 and up.
there is some black marker lines from the library on it, otherwise great shape!
$4

LIST 13 WOMEN IN HISTORY

Helen Keller, The Story of My Life
Helen Keller
. PB older edition but in good shape
$2

Fannie Lou Hamer
by June Jordan
will illus (Sketches)A Crowell Biography HB with DJ and Mylar`Fannie Lou at age 6 had to pick 30 lbs of cotton but in l962 in Mississippi, Fannie Lou was not afraid to vote or help others, this cost her family their home, her husband's job and she was beaten, Martin Luther King got her out of jail...Read her story in this story book type format. Reading level grade 3 or 4, or read aloud, good shape
$4.

Mary McLeod Bethune: Champion for Education
A Rookie Biography
Slim HB in great shape for readers in 2nd and 3rd grades
$3

Women Who Shaped History
by Henrietta Buckmaster
HB in good shape, Move for grades 6-8. Women such as Tubman,Blackwll, Stanton, eddy and more
$6

America's First Woman Chemist (Ellen Richards)
.by Esther M. Douty,
HB in great shape. LD with first blank page torn out.
$4.50

Cherry Ames, Cruise Nurse,
Neat old HB, cover has bumping on edges but otherwise it looks good.Cl948 Looks like a fun read for grades 4 and up
$4

Jenny Lind The Swedish Nightengale
by Gladys Denny Shultz.
Nice HB with DJ. Longer book (but easy to read) so I would say for readers in junior high and up. Jenny Lind was probably the most famous and adored personality of the nineteenth century, as noted for her kindness and charities as for her magnificent voice, but few of her admirers knew that behind the brilliant success of her adult years was a childhood of shocking lonliness and neglect
$3.50

The Little Princess
by Marion Crawford.
My friend read this and said it was really good. Story of the British Royal Family and the private lives of Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose. Written by their governess. HB (DJ is tore up) in good shape
$3.50

They Led the Way
by Johanna Johnston
l4 American Women
A Scholastic. My daughters enjoyed this book. Cover shows some
wear inside is fine Some are Eliz. Blackwell, Carrie Chapman Catt
Victoria Woodhull (lst woman to run for President),Abigail Adams,
Anne Hutchinson. This really does look great, think I will read it
I have a couple extra
$2 each

10 Woman. Political Pioneers
by Carol J. Perry
Slim PB in good shape
$2

Petticoat Politics How American Women Won the Right to Vote
by Doris Faber
DJ with plastic l86 pages
$6

SACAJAWEA Wilderness Guide
by Kate Jassem
Troll Assoc.
$1.50

NELLIE BLY REPORTER
by Nina Brown Baker
older scholastic PB
$1.50

America’s First Trained Nurse (Linda Richards
Born July 27th, l841, Died April l6, l930 by Rachel Baker (who wrote the First Woman Doctor, Eliz. Blackwell) Edges of HB show fraying and top of spine is very bumped, inside is very clean, esp. for a LD
$3

ANNIE OAKLEY and the World of Her Time
by Clifford Lindsey Alderman
HB with DJ and Mylar covering in fair to good shape for a LD 88 pages Reading level grade 4 and up. Cl979, some pictures
$5

AMELIA EARHART The Fun of It.
Random Records of My Own Flying and of the Women in Aviation Cl992
(lst Copyright was 1932) PB in good shape (New is $12.00) Pictures throughout, 218 pgs Best for junior high and up
$3.50

Florence Nightingale
by Ann Clover.
(great for 3rd graders) sweet sketchings 80 pages. pb A Dell Yearling Book. Cover shows wear but the inside is in great shape for grades 4-8
$2

THE DAY THE WOMEN GOT THE VOTE; A PHOTO HISTORY OF THE WOMEN'S RIGHTS MOVEMENT,
BY George Sullivan
Scolastic, very large PB Really interesting
$4

The First Woman Doctor
by Rachel Baker
PB older Scholastic
$1.50

Petticoat Politics How American Women Won the Right to Vote
by Doris Faber
DJ with plastic l86 pages
$6

The Life of Florence Sabin (from the Pioneers in Health and Medicine series)
by Judith Kaye
Part of the first page torn off, otherwise like new
$3

Beatrice Perry X-Ray Technician
by Dorothy Tooker
HB library discard l957 like new like said
$4

Jennie The Life of Lady Randolph Churchill l854-l895
The scandalous American beauty who ruled and age and raised a son to shape history, Winston Churchill pb thick
$1.50

LIST 14 Canadian History - MYTHOLOGY –and more….

Great Stories of Canada…The Scarlet Force
by T. Morris Longstreth
with illus. Cl960…Story of the Making of the Mounted Police. Reading level grade 5 and up HB LD l82 pages
$6

Hercules and Other Tales from GREEK MYTHS
by Olivia E. Coolidge
Older Scholastic PB, Authorized Abridgment Cl960 Fair shape but worn 114 pages Reading level 3rd-up.
$2

The Seven Voyages of Sinbad and other Tales from the Arabian Nights.
Older Scholastic
$1.50

Jason and the Argonauts
by Will Osborne and Mary Pope Osborne
Scholastic in great shape
$1.50

The Robe
by Lloyd C. Douglas
The Story of the soldier who gambled for Christ's robe and won a new life. Old thick PB, pages browned, small tear on one page.
$2

True and Untrue and other Norse Tales
Compiled and editied by Sigrid Undset,
with illus. HB, LD, other than slight rubbing on cover, good shape
$4

The Kids World Almanac of Records and Facts
HB Lots of fun facts in this enjoyable book, cover shows a little wear but inside is clean and sturdy.
$1.25

Places of Folklore and Legend Reader's Digest Explore America.
Same as the book above. Beautiful Large Hardback Gorgeous!!
$8

Reader's Digest American Folklore and Legend
This is a really neat book! Large thick HB in excellent shape! The saga of our Heroes and Heroines, Our Braggers, Boosters and Bad Men, Our Beliefs and Superstitions. Really neat pictures and a TON of information.
$6.50

Rainbow Round the World A story of Unicef
by Elizabeth Yates
HB Cl954. There is a split inside the front cover, still very readable and intact LD Best for grades 4-6
$1

5 great little Hardbacks
slim about 50 pages each, best for grades 3-5. Titles include Henry 5th,Queen Victoria, The
Pilgrim Fathers, Marco Polo, Captain Scott. Edges of books show rubbing/ Lots of information and bright colorful
pictures, books in fair shape. the kids have gone through these a lot
All 5 books for $l2

King of the Clippers Adventures on the High Seas.
(School Edition ) l955, HB Cover has a stain and isn’t in great shape but the inside is fine. Reading level 4th - 8th
$3.50

KIDS AT WORK, Lewis Hine and the crusade against child labor
by Russell Freedman
large Scholastic, full of photographs. Very realistic and accurate account. Exc. shape 104 pages
$3

Places of Folklore
Beautiful Large Hardcover Readers Digest Book excellent pictures and artwork. Lots of wonderful information as well. (The lost colony, John Brown’s Raid, Paul Revere’s Journey, etc>)
$8

Mapmakers of America From the Age of Discovery to the Space Era
by S. Carl Hirsch,
illustrated by William Steinel. Cl970 first edition. Hardback in good shape Library Discard very clean.
$5.50

Sending the Word The Story of Communication
Written and illustrated by Walter Buehr
Cl959 Hardback,Other than the typical Library Markings, the book is very clean.
$5.50

Walls, Gates and Avenues: The Story of the Town
by Frank Jupo
HB with DJ and Plastic Cl964 Really neat book 64 pages. Talks about the first cities, Romans, Cities of Greece, and lots more.
$4.50

Border Bullets
by Leon Dean
Cl953 First edition HB with great illustrations. An Ariel Book I am not sure WHAT this is about. I thought it was about the Border Patrol but it is about some patrol around a bay or something. That is all I can figure. It does have 2 or 3 boys in it and it reads kind of like a Hardy boy with adventure and suspense. Marker inside covers. A junior high LD Good for grades 5 and up. Fair shape
$3.50

Last Chance for Freedom
by Marcie Miller Stadelhofen.
A Sundown books smaller HB LD 95 pages good for grade 4 and up. Fair to good shape Cl983, some illustrations throughout.
$3.50

Portals to the Past The Story of Archaeology
by Katherine B. Shippen
HB 250 pages in great shape for Jr. and Sr. High LD and cover shows some rubbing
$4

LIST 15…More Misc.

North of Danger
by Dale Fife
70 Pages Twelve year old Arne takes a two hundred mile trip on skis to warn his father of a German invasion of their town. (400 miles south of North Pole DJ with plastic cover
$7

The Battle of San Pasqual
by Jonreed Lauritzen
A sagas of the west series. 92 pages l968 black, white and orange pictures throughout
$5

Some of My Favorite Spies
DJ with Plastic Covering Stories of l2 spies including Daniel Defoe - Master Spy, Belle Boyd - Spy for the South, Gordon Lonsdale - The Careless Spy. 1968 l86 pages
$5

The Charge of the Light Brigade and Other Story Poems
slim pb
$3.50

Arthur’s Last Stand
by Alan Coren
A weekly reader (Like Custer’s Last stand) HB
$5

Earthquake!
By Kathleen V. Kudlinski
A weekly reader HB Story of Old San Francisco earthquake
$5

Campaigns and Elections
by the Ballots and Bandwagon Serious.
A nice HB put out by Silver Burdett.1991
$3

Spotlight on History The Whale Hunters
HB with DJ, LD This has great pictures and diagrams…you will love it! Full on interesting information
$5.50

San Francisco, Earthquake and Fire
A Sagas of the West book
HB with DJ and Plastic
$5

Freedom Comes to Mississippi; The Story of Reconstruction
by Milton Meltzer.
HB with Plastic and DJ
$5

Tales From Silver Lands
by Charles J. Finger,
HB LD
$4
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Check some of the bigger sets for availability first!

LIST 16
Historical books sets and series

Compton's Bookshelf-
Great lives Series
C l96l they don't look like they have even been read. HB with DJ in great shape. Like landmark for older kids. Junior high age especially.
Theodore Roosevelt Rallying a Free People, by Fred Cook
Frank Lloyd Wright, Living Architecture by Doris Ransohoff
Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Striving to be Champion by Helen Markley Miller
Auguste and Jacques Picard. Exploring the Sky and Sea by Alida Malkus
Captain Edward L. Beach Around the work underwater by Beril Becker
Robert Frost, Making Poems for America by Gorham Munson
Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Conquering Antarctica by Paul Rink
Dag Hammarskjold a Soldier of Peace by Burnet Hershey
all 8 books for 40ppd or $5.50 each
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AMERICAN HERITAGE
Large HB in goodshape over l00 pages, great pictures!! $3 each or 4 for $l0
june/july l978
april may l979
april may l978
oct l996
dec l96l
dec l966
feb l968
april l972
april l962
oct l962
june l962

Landmark:
The Coming of the Mormons
Landmark
Green HB in wonderful shape
$7

The Pony Express
Samuel Hopkins Adams
Nice HB no dustjacket
Lib.tape on spine and cover (I have two of these)
$7

The Alaskan Gold Rush
May McNeer
Nice HB ,no DJ
$5.00

The Story of the Secret Service
Ferdinand Kuhn
Pictoral cover shows rubbing, Lib. Discard
Back cover and spine section not connected to the spine,,,glue?
Binding good,
$4

Lawrence of Arabia
Alistair MacLean/WORLD Landmark
Tan Cover, no dust jacket
Lib Discard, fraying on edges of cover and spine $7
Pictoral cover, Lib disc.$7

The Panama Canal
Bob Considine
Green Cover, good shape,light stain on cover
$5

The Erie Canal
Samuel Hopkins Adams
Orange Cover shows some wear from age and Lib.discard
Looks like an older edition $8

The Erie Canal
Samuel Hopkins Adams
Lib discard in good shape, No dust jacket, name inside cover and lib.stamps
$5

Childhood of Famous Americans
Allan Pinkerton, Young Detective
Childhood of Famous American
Orange HB in fair shape Still sturdy
$4

The Life and Times of: by Curtis International/Portraits of Greatness HB

Tons of fantastic artwork in these volumes.
Napoleon
The Life and Times of: by Curtis International/Portraits of Greatness
Tons of fantastic artwork in these Beautiful HB volumes.
$6.50

Goethe
The Life and Times of: by Curtis International/Portraits of Greatness
Tons of fantastic artwork in these Beautiful HB volumes.
$6.50

American Heritage Junior Library
Cowboys and Cattle Country
American Heritage Junior Library
LD great pictures HB
$6

Heroes of America * Illustrated Lives Larger PB
Daniel Boone
Heroes of America * Illustrated Lives Larger PB
like a landmark in content and reading level both in good shape
$3.50

Clara Barton
Heroes of America * Illustrated Lives Larger PB
like a landmark in content and reading level both in good shape
$3.50

The First book of:
World War 2
The First Book of
$3.50

Norse Legends
by Kathleen Elgin
The First Book of HB fair shape
$2.50

Cornerstone of Freedom
all in great shape for $4 each

The Story of: The Gettysburg Address
Cornerstone of Freedom in great shape
$4

The Story of: The Liberty Bell
Cornerstone of Freedom in great shape
$4

Focus Books
The Battle of Fallen Timbers: President Washington Secures the Ohio Valley
Focus Book, HB
$3.50

The Dred Scott Decision Slavery and the Supreme Court’s "Self-Inflicted Wound
by Frank Latham
Focus Book, HB Cover shows rubbing LD
$3.50

-FDR and the Supreme Court Fight 1937 A President Tries to Reorganize the Federal Judiciary
by Frank B. Latham.
Focus Book HB 80 pages LD
$3.50

-The Army-McCarthy Hearings April-June l954 A Senator Creates a Sensation Hunting Communists
By Fred J. Cook
Focus Book HB 65 pages LD
$3.50

The Hayes-Tilden Election of 1876: A Disputed Presidential Election in the Gilded Age(. Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden)
by Harold Cecil Vaughan a Focus Book HB
$3.50

The Gold of Troy: The story of Heinrich Schielmann and the buried cities of ancient Greece
by Robert Payne
HB with DJ 270 pages, high school level (DJ may be a little risque but it can be removed. drawing showing some woman on the dj)
$4

Value Tales:
NICE HB in great shape Those with a star (*)are $6 each, the rest $4.50 each

The Value of Truth and Trust, The Story of Cochise
Value Tales HC0B
$3.50

The Value of Sharing,........ Mayo Bros.
Value Tales HB
$3.50

The Value of FORESIGHT.......................Jefferson
Value Tales HB
$3.50

The Value of CARING..........................Eleanor Roosevelt
Value Tales HB
$3.50

The Value of BELIEVING IN YOURSELF...........Louis Pasteur
Value Tales HB
$3.50

The Value of FRIENDSHIP......................Jane Addams
Value Tales HB
$3.50

The Value of SAVING..........................Ben Franklin(*)
Value Tales HB
$3.50

The Value of FAIRNESS........................Nellie Bly
Value Tales HB
$3.50

The Value of DEDICATION......................Albert Schwietzer
Value Tales HB
$3.50

The Value of RESPECT.........................Abraham Lincoln
Value Tales HB
$3.50

The Value of RESPONSIBILITY..................Ralph Bunche
Value Tales HB
$3.50

The Value of HELPING.........................Harriet Tubman
Value Tales HB
$3.50

The Value of IMAGINATION.....................Charles Dickens
Value Tales HB
$3.50

The Value of ADVENTURE.......................Sacagawea
Value Tales HB
$3.50

The Value of HUMOR...........................Will Rogers
Value Tales HB
$3.50

The Value of TRUTH AND TRUST.................Cochise
Value Tales HB
$3.50

The Value of FACING A CHALLENGE..............Terry Fox
Value Tales HB
$3.50

Eleanor Roosevelt
Heroes of America hb
$3

Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Library of American Heroes hb
$3

The Fords, An American Epic
Reader’s Digest Great Biographies;
large print pb (large pb)
$2

The Autobiography of Mark Twain and Christopher Columbus, Mariner
Reader’s Digest Great Biographies;
large print pb (large pb)
$3

TROLL BOOKS
Sitting bull Warrior of the Sioux. by Troll
Sacajawea Wilderness Guide (A Troll Associate)
Christopher Columbus (Troll Associates) 30 pages Colorful pictures
3 books above for $3