HEROES & HEROINES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Coloring Book + 3 more (4 book set)

Dover Publications, 2004. 1st Edition Assumed 1st. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Peter Copeland B&W drawings/illustrations. CONTENT & CONDITION: 4 Dover Coloring Book set - each one described below. Peter F. Copeland is the author and illustrator of each. Some people may see this as just a coloring book to keep kids busy, but Dover's entire series of coloring books are historically correct and a sort of a "sneaky" way to educate kids when they least expect it. HEROES & HEROINES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION - NEW 2004 Dover paperback (stapled wraps) , first edition. Military leaders, statesmen, and ordinary people played important roles in this momentous victory. Artist Peter Copeland provides dramatic ready-to-color illustrations of 44 of these men and women, among them: Nathan Hale, an American spy captured and executed by the British; Margaret Corgin, who followed her husband to the battlefront and took his place as a gunner when he was killed; Col. Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox," who resorted to guerrilla warfare in the forests and swamps of South Carolina to regain the initiative against superior British forces. Also included are scenes with George and Martha Washington, John and Abigail Adams, Molly Pitcher, the Marquis de Lafayette, Crispus Attucks, and 34 other legendary figures. Captions accompany each illustration. AMERICAN SAILING SHIPS (0486253880) - NEW 1987 Dover paperback (stapled wraps), first edition. Forty-five exciting, ready-to-color illustrations include the privateer frigate Bethel (1748), a colonial sloop (1760), the Andrew Doria (1776), the U.S.S. Constitution (1812), the paddle steamer Savannah (1819), the clipper ship Helena (1849), a Nantucket whaler (1850), and more. Complementing well-researched and accurately rendered drawings are informative captions which describe each ship - dates, types of vessel, construction, historical background, distinguishing characteristics, brief anecdotes, and more. Educational and entertaining, this impressive, fact-filled volume will delight colorists of all ages, students, teachers, as well as anyone captivated by the romance and adventure of the high seas. FROM ANTIETAM TO GETTYSBURG (0486244768) - UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 1983 Dover paperback (stapled wraps), first edition. (Problem: 3 "near-creases" top edge diagonal to fore edge.) This unique coloring book focuses on the two campaigns, allowing colorists to bring their own sense of color and design to various aspects of the momentous struggle. Noted illustrator Peter Copeland has provided 45 precise black-and-white illustrations, based on extensive research, that document the great clash of armies: cavalry charges, raids, counterattacks, artillery barrages, ruined cities and devastated countryside, tending the sick and wounded, quiet moments in camp, and more. Civil War buffs, colorists, and students of American history will appreciate the accuracy and drama of these illustrations, which offer not only an enjoyable coloring experience but an attractive and valuable learning tool for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the nation's past. EARLY AMERICAN TRADES (0486238466) - UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 1980 Dover coloring book (stapled wraps), first edition. (Problem: - light loss of color section front cover at fold & at top near top edge. Light edge wear bottom edge.) Interior clean & tight. This book provides illustrations, rendered for coloring, of 22 crafts that were once widespread in America but are now rarely seen. Wigmakers, farriers (horse shoers), glassblowers, hatters, a whitesmith (tinsmith), cutlers, coopers, cabinetmakers, a coppersmith, and other tradesmen are shown in period costume at work, often in groups of two or more. On facing pages are illustrations of tools and products associated with each trade - such as the whitesmith's anchored shears, flatting hammer, tin snips, tin candlestick, tin lantern, soldering iron, etc. A caption provides basic information on the craft. Questions welcome & answered. Sorry for the length of this offering.