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Clay County's Answer: 1917-1919: An Authentic Review of Clay Country's Participation in the World War
by American Legion
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
American Legion. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1919. Hardcover. Cloth covers are rubbed and worn at extremities. Embossed gilt eagle and title on front cover, covers have several scrapes and scratches. Both hinges are cracked, binding otherwise tight, pages clean. Some handwritten notes on ffep, but otherwise the pages are clean and bright. Printed on coated paper, filled with high-quality b/w photos. . This book reviews everything that Clay County, Indiana, did in the last two years of World War One, after The United States entered the war, nearly a hundred years ago. This includes a highly detailed listing and discussion of the young men and officers who fought, and of those who died, including photos of each. It also includes work done at home to aid the war effort, including victory loans, food conservation measures, service performed by women towards the war effort, mines and mining efforts, and much more. Invaluable for genealogical research in Clay county, which includes the towns of Brazil, Carbon, Center Point, Clay City, Harmony, Knightsville and Staunton. . 4to - 11" to 13" tall. 336 pages. T7 .
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- Bookseller
- Sweet Beagle Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20419
- Title
- Clay County's Answer: 1917-1919: An Authentic Review of Clay Country's Participation in the World War
- Author
- American Legion
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- American Legion
- Date Published
- 1919
- Keywords
- Clay County, Indiana, WWI, Genealogical Research, Brazil, Indiana
- Bookseller catalogs
- Indiana; Genealogy; History, US / Indiana; Military / World War One;
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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