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Independence Day: Its Celebration, Spirit, and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse [Our American Holidays]
by Edited by Robert Haven Schauffler
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1950. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Author(s). Signed by Schauffer on front free endpaper. Red cloth, pictorially stamped in black. Internally clean and bright. Dust jacket spine toned; very slight edgewear; not price clipped ($2.75); in an archival mylar sleeve. 318 pages. An anthology of patriotic writings, by notable authors, on the themes of of Independence Day (the Fourth of July), the significance of the Declaration of Independence, the fight for American freedom, and the blessing of liberty. Includes pieces by John Quincy Adams, Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, Daniel Webster, William Cullen Bryant, James Russell Lowell, Longfellow, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Bancroft, Julia Ward Howe and several others. Robert Haven Schauffler (1879-1964) was an American writer, poet, biographer, Olympic tennis player, and decorated veteran of the First World War.
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- Bookseller
- Boyd Used & Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015113
- Title
- Independence Day: Its Celebration, Spirit, and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse [Our American Holidays]
- Author
- Edited by Robert Haven Schauffler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fourth of July, 4th of July, patriotic, patriotism, America, United States, Our American Holidays,
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