The History of the United States, Told in One-Syllable Words, With Colored Illustrations

New York: McLoughlin Brothers, Publishers, 1910. [JUVENILE] [HISTORY] [WOMAN AUTHOR]. Small 4to; 136pp; green cloth over board, gilt-stamped lettering to front and spine, color stamped pictorial of 2 drummers and a fifer on front; gift inscription on ffep dated “1921”; fp + 5 color plates; gilt lettering sunned, paper age-toned; very good plus. Miss Pollard, the author of this easy-to-read history book, did an admirable job of breaking apart multiple-syllable and hard-to-read names into one-syllable bites. Seventeen chapters of American history end with the account of the War with Spain, from April to December 1898. (Inventory #: 2119)