THE COLUMBIA America's Great Highway Through the Cascade Mountains to the Sea ( SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to Billy and Ma Sunday )
by Lancaster, Samuel Christopher
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Portland, OR: The Author, 1916. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR "To 'Ma' and 'Billy' Sunday", a full page inscription dated Wednesday, Aug. 2nd, 1916 - " To 'Ma' and 'Billy' Sunday from The Portland Ad Club - This book is man's effort to portray something of the grandeur and the glory of the Gorge of the Columbia where the hand of God wrought mightily~ We hope that you will come often to see us and enjoy it, since the highway which the people of the Oregon Country have built connects us with your dooryard - Our latch string is always out to both of you. S.C.L The Highw Engineer". Billy Sunday was a popular outfielder in baseball's Major Leagues in the 1880s whose conversion to Christianity led him to become the most popular and influential evangelist of the first 2 decades of the Twentieth Century. He socialized with Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, and counted both Herbert Hoover and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. as friends. It is estimated that he preached to more than one hundred million people face-to-face over the course of his lifetime. His wife "Ma" Nell Sunday was the love of his life and she also became his revival administrator, to great success. The book is Very Good, cloth lightly soiled and with 2 small holes top front gutter, top corner bump. 144 pp.with black and white and color photographs and a color fold-out map. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Second Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006327
- Title
- THE COLUMBIA America's Great Highway Through the Cascade Mountains to the Sea ( SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to Billy and Ma Sunday )
- Author
- Lancaster, Samuel Christopher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- The Author
- Place of Publication
- Portland, OR
- Date Published
- 1916
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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- Cloth
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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