They Broke the Prairie; Being Some Account of the Settlement of the Upper Mississippi Valley by Religious and Educational Pioneers, Told in Terms of One City, Galesburg, and of One College, Knox
by Earnest Elmo Calkins
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939 Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 1939. Hardcover. Edition not stated, Retired public school copy. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for school stamp on the FFFP and half title page. Book Condition: Good-: drinking glass moisture circles on front board; strike bumps to board fore edges; dust soiling to textblock top. No DJ. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Interior pages are clean; internal hinges are sound and not cracked or broken. 451 pp 8vo. First published in 1937 in honor of the Galesburg and Knox College (IL) Centenary, the book contains a wealth of lively details and amusing anecdotes. The author traces the progress of the community and the college through the arrival of the railroad, slave running, abolitionist confrontations, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, the Civil War, and the postwar era. A clean presentable copy.
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- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006734
- Title
- They Broke the Prairie; Being Some Account of the Settlement of the Upper Mississippi Valley by Religious and Educational Pioneers, Told in Terms of One City, Galesburg, and of One College, Knox
- Author
- Earnest Elmo Calkins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1939
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Galesburg College, Knox College, Civil War, slaves, Lindoln-Douglas Debates, abolitionist, Galesburg Illinois, Upper Mississippi Valley,
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About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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