Antique Book ROMANCE OF THE CIVIL WAR 1903 First Edition 50 Illust Source Reader

Description

Antique Book.
The Romance Of The Civil War.
First Edition. 1903. The M
acMillan Company. 66 Fifth Avenue, NY
"Selected and Annotated by Albert Bushnell Hart of Harvard University With The Collabaration Of Elizabeth Stevens.
With Many Illustrations."
Hardback. Blue cloth cover. Gilt flag on spine ( somewhat worn). Wonderful covered wagon, 4 horse, and an soldier carrying a weapon traveling on a road and " Source Readers In American History No 4" printed in gilt on the cover.
Heavy book for it's size. 7 1/2" tall, 5 5/8" wide, 1" thick. 418 pages.
This was a reader/textbook for children at the turn of the century. Wonderful reading material even for an adult today.
RARE ITEM in it's original format!
On the last pages it reads:
This was a series of books Selected and Annotated by Albert Bushnell Hart, Of Harvard University in Four Volumes, Illustrated.
No 1  Colonia; Children  ( 40 cents!)
No 2  Camps and Firesides of the Revolution (50 cents)
No 3  How Our Granfathers Lived  ( 60 cents)
No 4 Romance of the Civil War ( no price given)
This is a very good anthology of readings from and about the American Civil War. It is hard to believe that it was assembled as a "grammar school reader" as it is far superior to the readers and history texts put forth nowadays. The selected readings (and poems) are artfully selected to not only provide youthful readers with an understanding of what the war was like for its participants but to create interest by them in the history of the war. All human aspects of the war are covered: North and South, white and black, male and female, army, navy and civilian. Some of the selections are from notable participants or writers such as John Esten Cooke, U. S. Grant, Harriet Beecher Stowe, John D. Billings, Carleton McCarthy and Mary A. Livermore. Most illustrations are period sketches and supplement creation of interest.
Includes an Introduction for Teachers.
Chapters:
Introduction for Teachers
On The Planation
The Underground Railroad And The Contraband
In And Out Of The Army
In Camp And On The March
Under Fire
On Deck
Women And The War
Title page has photograph of "The Union Soldier".
Contains 50 photographs or illustrations ( mostly illustrations) including a photograph of John Brown.
Wonderful condition!  Cover shows light wear, mostly on the edges of the spine, head and foot, and sides of cover.
Interior looks very good. No marks, pages have yellowed. Appears to be very lightly handled, most likely never read.
Former owner's bookplate on inside cover.
This in itself is a part of the San Francisco Bay Area history -
Plate depicts a farmer plowing a field, and says " The Hawthorn"  J.M. Allen.
The Hawthorne Estate in Portola Valley has a detailed history online, interesting to read.
This book belonged to my great, great grandfather, and as his children were taught at home by a governess, this was most likely purchased for their lessons.
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