THE MAKING OF ILLINOIS: Historical Sketches
by MATHER, Irwin F
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: A. Flanagan Company, ( 1911 ). Revised and Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. photos, map. Duodecimo, 276 pages + ads, khaki cloth
"Notwithstanding the fact that there is so much that is honorable and glorious in her steady progress ... [yet] the history of Illinois is unfamiliar to most of her citizens. ... we should encourage our boys and girls in their study of the history of their State" - Preface. These sketches have been collected from assorted, recognized authorities. Illustrated and with 5 maps. This was a popular school textbook for decades.
"Notwithstanding the fact that there is so much that is honorable and glorious in her steady progress ... [yet] the history of Illinois is unfamiliar to most of her citizens. ... we should encourage our boys and girls in their study of the history of their State" - Preface. These sketches have been collected from assorted, recognized authorities. Illustrated and with 5 maps. This was a popular school textbook for decades.
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- Bookseller
- Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2021141
- Title
- THE MAKING OF ILLINOIS
- Author
- MATHER, Irwin F
- Illustrator
- photos, map
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised and Enlarged Edition
- Publisher
- A. Flanagan Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- ( 1911 )
- Keywords
- Illinois starved rock mississippi valley lasalle county fort st. louis, abraham lincoln textbook george rogers clark black hawk
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Thomas J. Joyce And Company
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About Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
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