Record Added: 8/6/2016 Setting  United States Topic History: Western Expansio Publisher Beckley-Cardy Company Year 1948 Age 4-8 Pages 186 Description Green printed binding
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Written for children and published in 1948, this is the story of the family of an American Revolution veteran who leaves the security of their farm in Pennsylvania to carve a new home for themselves in the wilderness that would become Cincinnati, Ohio.
It is schoolboy American history at its 1940's best, full of covered wagons, boats on the Ohio, brothers and sisters and cousins who get along with each other, dads who are strong, moms who manage to keep the home fires burning along the trail, and hair-raising battles with Native Americans. There's even time for a brief glimpse of General Washington as he rides to New York to assume his duties as President.
For lovers of vintage schoolbooks, the book is a gem; it is carefully written and includes an appendix with a rather extensive glossary of names and terms mentioned in the book. |
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