The True Story of U.S. Grant; The American Soldier Told for Boys and Girls by Elbridge S. Brooks - 1897

Boston, MA: Lothrop Publishing Company, 1897 Lothrop Publishing Company, Boston, MA. 1897. Hardcover. First Printing. Children's Lives of Great Men Series. Book is tight, has slight spine lean, scattered childish pencil marks on rear endpapers. Book Condition: Good; wear to tips, head, and tail; moisture stains on textblock top and fore edge; age toning to pages. No DJ. Blue cloth boards with blue lettering and red/white shield on spine; Red/White/Blue lettering on front board with flags, Arlington, White House, and Grant pictures. Internal hinges are sound but have been stressed; no tears or cracks. 234 pp 8vo. Written for younger readers, this book recounts Grant's rise to greathood and makes him an example to the reader of the greatness anyone can achieve. As and example of persistence, of determination and of will, of a clear head in emergencies and great heart in victory, of modesty, patience, simplicity, strength and zeal, the record of the struggles and successes of U.S. Grant is a lesson to young and old alike, and his story is one of the most fitting to be included in this series. A clean presentable copy.