They Broke the Prairie; Being Some Account of the Settlement of the Upper Mississippi Valley by Religious and Educational Pioneers, Told in Terms of One City, Galesburg, and of One College, Knox
por Earnest Elmo Calkins
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939 Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 1939. Hardcover. Edition not stated, Retired public school copy. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for school stamp on the FFFP and half title page. Book Condition: Good-: drinking glass moisture circles on front board; strike bumps to board fore edges; dust soiling to textblock top. No DJ. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Interior pages are clean; internal hinges are sound and not cracked or broken. 451 pp 8vo. First published in 1937 in honor of the Galesburg and Knox College (IL) Centenary, the book contains a wealth of lively details and amusing anecdotes. The author traces the progress of the community and the college through the arrival of the railroad, slave running, abolitionist confrontations, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, the Civil War, and the postwar era. A clean presentable copy.
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- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 006734
- Título
- They Broke the Prairie; Being Some Account of the Settlement of the Upper Mississippi Valley by Religious and Educational Pioneers, Told in Terms of One City, Galesburg, and of One College, Knox
- Autor
- Earnest Elmo Calkins
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Bom
- Condição de sobrecapa
- No Jacket
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Editorial
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Local de publicação
- New York, NY
- Data de publicação
- 1939
- Dimensão
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Palavras-chave
- Galesburg College, Knox College, Civil War, slaves, Lindoln-Douglas Debates, abolitionist, Galesburg Illinois, Upper Mississippi Valley,
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