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Aladdin Books. A FLAG FOR LAFITTE, Story of the Battle of New Orleans, by Frederick Lane. American Heritage Aladdin Books 1954. Hardcover. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $4.
Alderman, Clifford Lindsey. THE WAY OF THE EAGLES. Doubleday & Co. 1965, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dramatic story of a boy who found something to fight for in the American Revolution and did just that with courage and persistence. Book Very Good, dust jacket has chip at spine and small tears. $3.
Almedingen, E. M. KATIA. Farrar, Strau & Giroux 1967 first Am. Ed. Hardcover with dust jacket. True story of a girlhood spent in Russia 125 years ago, written by her great-niece. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.50.
American Sisters. HORSEBACK ON THE BOSTON ROAD, 1704. By Laurie Lawlor. A Minstrel hardcover 2000. 0671039237. As-New. $3.50.
American Sisters. ADVENTURE ON THE WILDERNESS ROAD, 1775. By Laurie Lawlor. A Minstrel hardcover 1999. 0671015532. Based on the actual experience of a family’s journey from Tennessee to Kentucky in 1775. 0671015532. Fine. $3.50.
Anderson, LaVere. ABE LINCOLN AND THE RIVER ROBBERS. Garrard Publishing 1971. Hardcover. Stories of Regional America. Based on a true incident. Ex-lib. Good, cover wear. $3.50.
Avi. CRISPIN THE CROSS OF LEAD. Hyperion Books 2002, stated first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Newbery Medal 2003. A 13-year-old boy must flee his home in 14th-century Medieval England when he is accused of a crime he did not commit. Truthquest Grades 5-12. 0786808284. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket As-New. $3.
Baer, Edith. WALK THE DARK STREETS. Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1998 FE. Hardcover. Sequel to A Frost in the Night. Gripping story of the terror, desperation and heartbreak of one German Jewish family in the final year of the Weimar Republic just before World War II began. Excellent for junior-senior high. 0374382298. Ex-lib. Near-Fine/Near-Fine. $6.
Barnes, Margaret Campbell. MARY OF CARISBROOKE. Macrae Smith 1955, 1956. Hardcover. Historical fiction built on facts from the life of King Charles I and Cromwell. Ex-lib. Lib. binding. (#) Very Good. $5.
Beatty, Patricia. BE EVER HOPEFUL, HANNALEE. Morrow Junior Books 1988. Hardcover with dust jacket. Post-Civil War sequel to Turn Homeward, Hannalee. 0688075029. Ex-lib. Book Good with rippling bottom of first pages. Dust jacket Very Good. $4.50.
Beatty, Patricia. BEHAVE YOURSELF, BETHANY BRANT. William Morrow 1986, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Bethany is a 19th century preacher’s daughter with lots of curiosity and a penchant for getting into trouble. 0688059236. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $5.
Beatty, Patricia. MELINDA TAKES A HAND. William Morrow 1983, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. High-spirited tale of the Old West, 1893. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.50.
Beatty, Patricia. TURN HOMEWARD, HANNALEE. William Morrow 1984, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Civil War story. Sonlight 3 & 4. 0688038719. Book and dust jacket Good. $6.50.
Beatty, Patricia. WAIT FOR ME, WATCH FOR ME, EULA BEE. William Morrow 1978 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. In this 1860’s frontier story, after his own daring escape, young Lewallen attempts to rescue his young sister from the Comanches who have killed members of his family. 0688221513. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $7.
Beatty, Patricia. WHO COMES TO KING’S MOUNTAIN? William Morrow 1975, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Novel of the American Revolution in which Alexander MacLeod is an unquestioning king’s man in 1780, and eight months later he is a committed patriot in the service of Francis Marion. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good+. $6.50.
Beatty, Patricia. WHO COMES WITH CANNONS? Morrow Junior Books 1992 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Story of the Underground Railroad. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Berman, Tamar. ALONG THE TRACKS. Houghton Mifflin 1991, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Young Yankele is separated from his family when fleeing Nazi-occupied Poland and becomes a street urchin struggling to survive. Based on the experience of a friend of the author. 0395553288. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Blacker, Irwin R. THE BOLD CONQUISTADORES. Bobbs-Merrill 1961. Hardcover with dust jacket. Stirring account of excitement and adventure, presenting a vivid picture of the ancient civilizations encountered by the first white men to set foot on the North and South American continents. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $3.50.
Blos, Joan W. A GATHERING OF DAYS, A New England Girl’s Journal, 1830-32. Aladdin 1979, 1982. Pictorial hardcover. Newbery Medal 1980. Sonlight 100. Ex-lib. Book Very Good. $2.50.
Bonham, Frank. THE GHOST FRONT. E. P. Dutton 1968. Hardcover with dust jacket. Story of the experiences of twin brothers involved in The Battle of the Bulge, World War II. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $3.
Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker. THE PRESIDENT’S DAUGHTER. Delacorte Press 2004. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fictional story from the life of Theodore Roosevelt and his daughter Ethel. 0385731477. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $2.50.
Brodtkorb, Reidar. THE GOLD COIN. Harcourt, Brace & World 1966. Translated from the Norwegian by L. W. Kingsland. Hardcover. Exciting picture of life as it was in the late 17th century in the lands to the east of the Baltic Sea. 219 pp. Ex-lib. Good. $3.
Brown, Jackie. LITTLE CRICKET. Hyperion Books for Children 2004 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Signed by author. 12-year-old Kia Vang’s peaceful life is shattered when North Vietnamese soldiers destroy her village in Laos. Kia, her brother and her grandfather emigrate to Minnesota to make a new life. 0786818522. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Brown, Marion Marsh. YOUNG NATHAN. Westminster Press 1949. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fictionalized biography of the courageous and daring Nathan Hale, along with all the excitement, fervor, and uncertainty of the early days of the American Revolution. For juniors and teen-agers. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 4-12. Ex-lib. Book Good with spot where card pocket was removed, dust jacket Very Good. $3.
Bulla, Clyde Robert. CONQUISTA! Thomas Y. Crowell 1978 BCE. Hardcover. Fictional story of Coronado and an encounter with a young Indian boy. Very Good. $1.50.
Bulla, Clyde Robert. A LION TO GUARD US. HarperCollins 1981. Hardcover with dust jacket. A story of Jamestown, Virginia. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 1-6. Sonlight 3. Heart of Dakota Curriculum. 0690040970. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $6.50.
Bulla, Clyde Robert. JOHN BILLINGTON FRIEND OF SQUANTO. Thomas Y. Crowell 1956 BCE. Hardcover. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 1-4. Very Good. $4.
Bulla, Clyde Robert. RIDING THE PONY EXPRESS. Thomas Y. Crowell 1948. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Grace Paull. 0690701101. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $7.
Butler, Beverly. THE FUR LODGE. Dodd, Mead 1959. Hardcover with dust jacket. By the author of Song of the Voyageur.” Jules encounters Peter Pond, the Yankee fur trader along with shipwreck, blizzards and starvation on his trip up the Minnesota River in the big trading canoe. Young Americana. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $9.50.
Carlson, Natalie Savage. MARCHERS FOR THE DREAM. Harper & Row 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket. A revealing and moving story about an 11-year old black girl who is learning something about prejudice. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Clapp, Patricia. CONSTANCE, A Story of Early Plymouth. Copyright page missing. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 5-12. Lib. binding. (#) Good. $2.50.
Clapp, Patricia. THE TAMARACK TREE. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 1986 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 17-year-old Rosemary, an English transplant living in Vicksburg, Mississippi, brings an outsider’s perspective to the American Civil War. 0688028527. Ex-lib. Book Very Good, dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Coatsworth, Elizabeth. FIRST ADVENTURE. Macmillan 1950, 1966. Hardcover with dust jacket. When he comes to America on the Mayflower, Johnny Billington wanders into the woods and gets lost, resulting in friendly trading between colonists and the Indians. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 1-4. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.50.
Conrad, Pam. PEDRO’S JOURNAL, A Voyage With Christopher Columbus. Caroline House 1991. Hardcover with dust jacket. Truthquest Grades 3-7. Sonlight 3. Heart of Dakota Curriculum. 1878093177. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Coolidge, Olivia. THE TROJAN WAR. Houghton Mifflin 1952, 1980. Hardcover with dust jacket. Truthquest Grades 7-12. NOT ex-lib. 0618154272. Book and dust jacket As-New. $8.50.
Coolidge, Olivia. THE TROJAN WAR. Houghton Mifflin 1952. SOFTCOVER. Truthquest Grades 7-12. NOT ex-lib. 0395551846. Fine. $5.
Curtis, Alice Turner. A LITTLE MAID OF NEW ENGLAND. Two Volumes in One: A Little Maid of Province Town; A Little Maid of Massachusetts Colony. Derrydale Books 1991. Hardcover with dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $6.50.
Cushman, Karen. CATHERINE, CALLED BIRDY. Calrion Books 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket. Newbery Medal 1996. Funny, wise, compassionate story of a homeless waif in 14th century England. 122 pp. Sonlight 6. Book Near-Fine, dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Cushman, Karen. CATHERINE, CALLED BIRDY. Clarion Books 1994. Hardcover with dust jacket. Newbery Honor 1995. Sonlight 6. 0395681863. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $4.
Cushman, Karen. THE MIDWIFE’S APPRENTICE. Clarion Books 1995. Hardcover. Newbery Medal 1996. Funny, wise, compassionate story of a homeless waif in 14th century England. 122 pp. Near-Fine/VG. $3.50.
Davis, Robert. HUDSON BAY EXPRESS. Holiday House 1942 (E. M. Hale edition). Hardcover. The 13-year-old son of the Hudson’s Bay factor and an Indian friend organize a dog-team freight and passenger line in this well-written story of excitement and mystery in the far north. Ex-lib. Cover heavily worn, interior Good. $3.50.
Dear America. ACROSS THE WIDE AND LONESOME PRAIRIE, The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847. By Kristiana Gregory. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1997. NOT ex-lib. 0439411092. Near-Fine. $2.50.
Dear America. CHRISTMAS AFTER ALL, The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932. By Kathryn Lasky. Scholastic 2001. Hardcover. 0439219434. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $4.50.
Dear America. COLOR ME DARK, The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, The Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919. By Sherry Garland. Scholastic Hardcover 2000 FE. As New. $3.50.
Dear America. A JOURNEY TO THE NEW WORLD, The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620. By Kathryn Lasky. Scholastic Hardcover 1996 FE. Living books. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 3-9. NOT ex-lib. Near-Fine. $3.50.
Dear America. A JOURNEY TO THE NEW WORLD, The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620. By Kathryn Lasky. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1996. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 3-9. NOT ex-lib. 0439341906. Very Good. $2.50.
Dear America. LOOK TO THE HILLS, The Diary of Lozette Moreau, A French Slave Girl, New York Colony, 1763. By Patricia McKissack. Scholastic 2004. Hardcover. 0439210380. Fine. $4.
Dear America. MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL, The Diary of Bess Brennan, The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932. By Barry Denenberg. Scholastic hardcover 2002. 0439194466. Ex-lib. Near-Fine. $3.
Dear America. MY FACE TO THE WIND, The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska, 1881. By Jim Murphy. Scholastic 2001. Hardcover. 0590438107. Ex-lib. Very Good, light corner wear. $3.50.
Dear America. MY SECRET WAR, The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York, 1941. By Mary Pope Osborne. Scholastic 2000. Hardcover. 0590687158. Ex-lib. Very Good, light cover wear. $3.
Dear America. MY SECRET WAR, The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York, 1941. By Mary Pope Osborne. Scholastic 2000. Hardcover. 0590687158. Ex-lib. Very Good, light corner wear. $3.50.
Dear America. SO FAR FROM HOME, The Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell Massachusetts, 1847. By Barry Denenberg. Scholastic 1997. Hardcover. 0590926675. Ex-lib. Corners quite worn. $2.50.
Dear America. SURVIVAL IN THE STORM, The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas, 1935. By Katelan Janke. Scholastic 2002. Hardcover. 0439215994. Ex-lib. Very Good. $3.50.
Dear America. WHEN WILL THIS CRUEL WAR BE OVER? The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864. By Barry Denenberg. Scholastic hardcover 1996. Living books. 0590228625. As New. $3.50.
Dear America, My America. FLYING FREE, Corey’s Underground Railroad Diary, Book 2. By Sharon Dennis Wyeth. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2002. 0439369088. Near-Fine, previous owner’s name. NOT ex-lib. $2.50.
Dear America, My America. FIVE SMOOTH STONES, Hope’s Diary Book One, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1776. Hardcover. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 3-6. NOT ex-lib. 0439148278. Fine. $3.50.
Dear America, My America. WE ARE PATRIOTS, Hope’s Diary Book Two. SOFTCOVER. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 3-6. NOT ex-lib. 0439369061. Near-Fine. $3.
Dear America, My America. OUR STRANGE NEW LAND, Elizabeth’s Jamestown Colony Diary, Book One. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2002. 0439368987. Near-Fine. $2.50.
Dear America, My America. A PERFECT PLACE, Joshua’s Oregon Trail Diary, Book Two. By Patricia Hermes. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2002. 0439389003. Previous owner’s name inside front and back cover in marker. $2.
Dear America, My America. MY BROTHER’S KEEPER, Virginia’s Diary, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1863. By Mary Pope Osborne. Scholastic 2000. Hardcover. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 3-5. 0439153077. Ex-lib. Fine. $3.
Dear America, My America. MY BROTHER’S KEEPER, Virginia’s Diary, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1863, Book One. By Mary Pope Osborne. Scholastic 2000. SOFTCOVER. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 3-5. 0439369037. As-New. $2.50.
Dear America, My Name is America. THE JOURNAL OF AUGUSTUS PELLETIER, The Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804. Scholastic 2000. Hardcover. 0590684892. Ex-lib. Near-Fine. $3.50.
Dear America, My Name is America. THE JOURNAL OF DOUGLAS ALLEN DEEDS, The Donner Party Expedition, 1846, Independence, Missouri. By Rodman Philbrick. Scholastic 2001. Hardcover. 0439216001. Ex-lib. Near-Fine. $3.50.
Dear America, My Name is America. THE JOURNAL OF OTTO PELTONEN, A Finnish Immigrant, Hibbing, Minnesota, 1905. By William Durbin. Scholastic 2000. Hardcover. 043909254x. As-New. $4.
Dear America, My Name is America. THE JOURNAL OF SEAN SULLIVAN, A Transcontinental Railroad Worker, Nebraska and Points West, 1867. By William Durbin. Scholastic 1999. Hardcover. 0439049946. As-New. $4.
Dear America, My Name is America. THE JOURNAL OF WILLIAM THOMAS EMERSON, A Revolutionary War Patriot, Boston, Massachusetts, 1774. By Barry Denenberg. Scholastic hardcover. 0590313509. As New. $4.
Dear America, My Name is America. THE JOURNAL OF WONG MING-CHUNG, A Chinese Miner, California, 1852. By Laurence Yep. Scholastic 2000. Hardcover. 0590386077. As-New. $4.
Dear America, The Royal Diaries. ANASTASIA, The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914. By Carolyn Meyer. Scholastic Hardcover 2000. Living Books. Truthquest Grades 4-12. 0439129087. As-New. $4.
Dear America, The Royal Diaries. CLEOPATRA VII, Daughter of the Nile, Egypt, 57 B.C. By Kristiana Gregory. Scholastic 1999. Hardcover. Truthquest Ancient Egypt Grades 4-9. 0590819755. NOT ex-lib. As-New. $4.
Dear America, The Royal Diaries. ELIZABETH I, Red Rose of the House of Tudor, November 1544. Scholastic Hardcover 1999. Living Books. Truthquest Grades 4-9. 0590684841. As-New. $4.
Dear America, The Royal Diaries. ISABEL, Jewel of Castilla, Spain, 1466. By Carolyn Meyer. Scholastic hardcover 2000. Truthquest Renaissance & Reformation Grades 4-12. 0439078059. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $4.
Dear America, The Royal Diaries. KAIULANI, The People’s Princess, Hawaii, 1889. By Ellen Emerson White. Scholastic 2001. Hardcover. Ex-lib. 0439129095. Fine. $4.50.
Dear America, The Royal Diaries. KAZUNOMIYA, Prisoner of heaven, Japan, 1858. By Kathryn Lasky. Scholastic hardcover 2004. 0439164850. Ex-lib. Near-Fine. $3.
Dear America, The Royal Diaries. LADY OF CH’IAO KUO, Warrior of the South, Southern China, A.D. 531. By Laurence Yep. Scholastic 2001. Hardcover. 0439444608. As-New. $4.50.
Dear America, The Royal Diaries. MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, Queen Without A Country, France, 1553. By Kathryn Lasky. Scholastic Hardcover 2002. Living Books. Truthquest Grades 4-12. 0439194040. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $4.50.
Dear America, The Royal Diaries. VICTORIA, MAY BLOSSOM OF BRITANNIA, England 1929. Scholastic Hardcover 2001 FE. 0439215986. As New. $4.50.
De Jong, Dola. THE LEVEL LAND. Charles Scribners 1943, 1961. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Peter Spier. Story of a very real and lively family in Holland during the early days of World War II, written by an author who experienced what she writes about. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
DeWitt, James. IN PURSUIT OF THE SPANISH GALLEON. Criterion Books 1961 (E. M. Hale ed.). Hardcover. Out-of-print. An historical adventure based on Commodore Anson’s famous voyage around the world in 1750. Ex-lib. (*) VG. $4.50.
Emery, Anne. JENNIE LEE, PATRIOT. Westminster Press 1965. Revolutionary War story.(#) Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 7-12. Ex-lib. Lib. binding. Good. $2.50.
Emery, Anne. A SPY IN OLD NEW ORLEANS. Rand McNally 1960, 1961. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fast-moving historical fiction set in the bayou country of Louisiana during the War of 1812. Truthquest Age of Revolution II Grades 3-12. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good, dust jacket Good. $6.
Faulkner, Nancy. REBEL DRUMS. Doubleday 1952. Hardcover with dust jacket. A Warm and exciting tale of one boy’s adventures in Colonial Virginia using the authentic background of Bacon’s Rebellion. Truthquest Age of Revolution I, grades 7-12. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good.. $6.
Flakkeberg, Ardo. THE SEA BROKE THROUGH. Alfred A. Knopf 1959. Pictorial hardcover. A story of Holland, translated from the Dutch by K. E. Bendien. Ill. by Peter Spier. Ex-lib. Very Good. $3.50.
Forbes, Esther. JOHNNY TREMAIN, A Story of Boston in Revolt. Houghton Mifflin 1943, 1971. Hardcover with dust jacket. Newbery Medal 1944. Sonlight 3 & 4. Truthquest Age of Revolution 1, Grades 4-12. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $8.
Forbes, Esther. JOHNNY TREMAIN. Houghton Mifflin 1943. Hardcover without dust jacket. Newbery Medal 1944. Sonlight 3 & 4. Truthquest Age of Revolution 1, Grades 4-12. NOT ex-lib. Book Near-Fine. $5.
Fox, Mary Virginia. AMBUSH AT FORT DEARBORN. St. Martin’s Press 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket. When Tom Malen’s family followed the lonely trail to make their home at Fort Dearborn on Lake Michigan, Tom was captured by the cruel Senecas along with an Indian boy who became his friend. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $3.50.
Fox, Genevieve. BORDER GIRL. Little, Brown 1939 FE. Ill. George and Doris Hauman. Hardcover. Out-of-print. Well-written story of post-Revolutionary America in 1812. Good. No dust jacket. $7.
Friskey, Margaret. TAD LINCOLN THE GREEN UMBRELLA. Oxford University Press 1944, 1946. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Lucia Patton. Through all of the problems of moving to the White House and threats of danger, Tad Lincoln protected and cared for his mother. Includes many of Lincoln’s witty sayings. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good, tape stains. Rare title. $5.
Fritz, Jean. EARLY THUNDER. Coward-McCann 1967. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Lynd Ward. Real and engrossing story of a boy’s year of decision revolving around the incidents just prior to the American Revolution. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 4-12. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $8.50.
Fritz, Jean. GEORGE WASHINGTON’S BREAKFAST. Coward McCann 1969 BCE. Hardcover. Living books. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 1-6. Near-Fine. $3.
Garst, Shannon. RED EAGLE. Hastings House Publishers 1959. Hardcover with dust jacket. Story of a young Sioux Indian boy who is ridiculed and scorned because of a misshapen foot. Panorama of Indian life is worked into the exciting, fast-moving plot. Ex-lib. Book with “discard” on ffep; dust jacket Very Good. $6.
Gauch, Patricia. THIS TIME, TEMPE WICK? Coward, McCann & Geoghegan 1974. Hardcover with dust jacket. Humorous tale of how young Tempe Wick kept her wits and courage in defending her horse Bon from Mutinous Revolutionary soldiers. Truthquest Age of Revolution 1, Grades 1-6. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $2.50.
Giff, Patricia Reilly. NORY RYAN’S SONG. Scholastic 2000, 2001. Hardcover. Story of the Irish potato famine. Sonlight 7. 0439329493. As-New. $4.
Grant, Bruce. ZACHARY THE GOVERNOR’S PIG. World Publishing 1960. Hardcover with dust jacket. Based on fact, a razorback hog goes to war with a band of Kentucky volunteers during the War of 1812. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 3-10. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $2.50.
Grey, Elizabeth Janet. ADAM OF THE ROAD. Viking Press, recent printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. Newbery Medal. Truthquest Middle Ages Grades 5-12. Sonlight 6 & 7. Ill. Robert Lawson. 0670104353. Book Near-Fine, dust jacket Fine. No library marks, but copyright page torn out. $6.50.
Griffin, Judith Berry. PHOEBE AND THE GENERAL. Coward McCann 1977 BCE. Hardcover. Ill. Margot Tomes. Based on a true story of General George Washington and the American Revolution. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 2-8. Very Good. $3.50.
Harnett, Cynthia. THE CARGO OF THE MADALENA. Lerner Publications 1959, 1984. Originally published as The Load of Unicorn or Caxton’s Challenge. Hardcover. Bendy, whose family runs a scrivener’s shop in 15th-century London, solves the mystery when the master printer, Wiliam Caxton, fails to receive the paper shipped to him aboard the cargo ship “Madalena.” Truthquest Renaissance & Reformation Grades 4-12. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $6.50.
Harnett, Cynthia. THE WRITING ON THE HEARTH. Lerner Publications 1971, 1984. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Gareth Floyd. 15th century England. Truthquest Grades 4-12. 0822508893. NOT ex-lib. Book Fine, dust jacket Very Good. $7.50.
Harte, Bret. STORIES OF THE EARLY WEST. Platt & Munk 1964. Hardcover. Includes The Luck of Roaring Camp and 16 other exciting tales of mining and frontier days. 512 pp. Ex-lib. Good. $3.
Hawes, Charles Boardman. THE DARK FRIGATE. Little, Brown 1923, 1934. Hardcover with dust jacket. Newbery Medal 1924. Story of sailing ships and pirates in the days of England’s Cromwell and King Charles. Truthquest Age of Revolution I, grades 7-12. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $4.50.
Hays, Wilma Pitchford. FOURTH OF JULY RAID. Coward McCann 1050. Hardcover. Truthquest Age of Revolution 1, Grades 2-7. Ex-lib. Library binding. Good. $2.50.
Hays, Wilma Pitchford. NAUGHTY LITTLE PILGRIM. Ives Washburn 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Marilyn Miller. Delightfully-written, fictionalized story of John Billingtno. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $5.
Hays, Wilma Pitchford. FOR MA AND PA ON THE OREGON TRAIL, 1844. Coward McCann & Geoghegan 1972. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Peter Burchard. Fictionalized story of the true story of John Sager. Truthquest Age of Revolution II, Grades 1-4. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. Rare title. $6.
Hays, Wilma Pitchford. TROUBLE AT OTTER CREEK. Xerox Educations Publications 1978 BCE. Hardcover. After their father is killed by a falling tree, and amid dangers from Indians and marauders, Mama takes her five young children north to farm the 100 acres Papa had cleared. Very Good. $3.
Henty, G. A. BERIC THE BRITON, A Story of the Roman Invasion. Preston Speed Publications 1996, identical to edition originally published by Blackie and Son, 1892. Hardcover, blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering and design. Acid-free paper. Truthquest Grades 7-12. 1887159126. New. $15.
Henty, G. A. BY PIKE AND DYKE, A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic. Preston Speed Publications 1996, identical to edition originally published by Blackie and Son, 1889. Hardcover, red cloth over boards with gilt lettering and design. Acid-free paper. 1887159169. Truth-Quest Renaissance & Reformation Grades 7-12. Living books. New. $15.
Henty, G. A. THE CAT OF BUBASTES, A Tale of Ancient Egypt. Preston Speed Publications 1998, identical to edition originally published by Blackie and Son, 1888. Hardcover, blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering and design. Acid-free paper. 1887159169. Truth-Quest. Living books. New. $15.
Henty, G. A. UNDER DRAKE’S FLAG, A Tale of the Spanish Main. Preston Speed Publications 1998, identical to edition originally published by Blackie and Son, 1882. Hardcover, red cloth over boards with gilt lettering and design. Acid-free paper. 1887159150. Truth-Quest Renaissance & Reformation Grades 7-12. Living books. New. $15.
Henty, G. A. WINNING HIS SPURS, A Tale of the Crusades. Preston Speed Publications 1997, identical to edition originally published by Blackie and Son, 1882. Hardcover, green cloth over boards with gilt lettering and design. Acid-free paper. 1887159134. New. $15.
Hesse, Karen. LETTERS FROM RIFKA. Henry Holt 1992, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. When Rifka flees from Russia to the USA with her family in 1919, she dreams that in the new country she will be safe from the Russian soldiers and their harsh treatment of the Jews. Based on a true story from the author’s family. 0805019642. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Hesse, Karen. OUT OF THE DUST. Scholastic Press 1997. Hardcover with dust jacket. Newbery Medal 1998. A journey into the heart of a family caught in the midst of the Oklahoma dust bowl. 0590360809. Book and dust jacket Fine. NOT ex-lib. $4.50.
Holberg, Ruth Langland. TAM MORGAN, THE LIVELIEST GIRL IN SALEM. Doubleday 1953. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Peter Spier. Story of Post-Revolution America. Ex-lib. (#) Book and dust jacket Good. $2.50.
Holberg, Ruth Langland. THE WONDERFUL VOYAGE. Doubleday Doran & Co. 1945, first edition. Hardcover. Ill. Phyllis Cote. Truthquest Age of Revolution II Grades 3-9. NOT ex-lib. A few cover spots. Good+. $4.50.
Honor, Alan. CAVE OF RICHES, The Story of the Dead Sea Scrolls. McGraw-Hill Whittlesey House 1956. Hardcover. True story which reads like an adventure tale, with dialogue added. Ex-church library. Very Good. $5.
Hungerford, Edward Buell. FORGE FOR HEROES. Follett Publishing 1952. Hardcover with dust jacket. Story of the American Revolution, a moving and dramatic tale of the desperate days at Valley Forge when a few men struggled to keep the army alive and together. NOT ex-lib. Book has rippling at top corner of pages. Dust jacket Very Good. $3.
Hunt, Mabel Leigh. BETTER KNOWN AS JOHNNY APPLESEED. J. B .Lippincott 1950, first edition. Hardcover. Decorations by James Daugherty. Ex-lib. Library binding. Good. $3.50.
Hunt, Irene. TRAIL OF APPLE BLOSSOMS. Follett Publishing 1968. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Don Bolognese. A story of Johnny Appleseed. Truthquest Age of Revolution II Grades 4-12. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Karwoski, Gail Langer. SURVIVING JAMESTOWN, The Adventures of Young Sam Collier. Peachtree 2001. Hardcover with dust jacket. Among the adventurers who made their way to New World four centuries ago was 12-year-old Samuel Collier, apprentice to John Smith. Fictionalized biography. TruthQuest Age of Revolution Grades 5-7. 1561452394. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $3.
Keith, Harold. RIFLES FOR WATIE. Thomas Y. Crowell 1957. Hardcover with dust jacket. Newbery Medal 1958. Poignant story of the Western panorama of the Civil War, intense and rich in historic detail and personal feeling. Truthquest Age of Revolution I Grades 6-12. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.50.
Kelly, Eric P. THE TRUMPETER OF KRAKOW. Macmillan Co. 1922, 1968. Hardcover with dust jacket. Newbery Medal 1929. Truthquest Renaissance & Reformation grades 7-12. Sonlight 200. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $4.50.
Knight, Captain Frank. THE SEA CHEST, Stories of Adventure at Sea. Platt & Munk 1964. Hardcover with dust jacket. Stories of fact and fiction of the Spanish main, of naval heroes, pirates, raiders, modern smugglers and a crew aboard a modern merchant ship. 206 pp. NOT ex-lib. Book Fine, dust jacket Near-Fine. A beautiful copy! $7.50.
Land of the Free Series. CHARIOT IN THE SKY, A Story of the Jubilee Singers, by Arna Bontemps. John C. Winston 1951. Hardcover. Out-of-print. Ill. Cyrus Leroy Baldridge. VG/VG. $4.
Land of the Free Series. RUNNER IN THE SUN, A Story of Indian Maize, by D’Arcy McNickle. Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1954, 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket. Truthquest Grades 4-12. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Land of the Free Series. SING IN THE DARK, A Story of the Welsh in Pennsylvania, by Maude Morgan Thomas. John C. Winston 1954. Hardcover. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $4.50.
Lawlor, Laurie. ADDIE’S DAKOTA WINTER. Albert Whitman 1989 first edition. Hardcover. Ex-lib. 0807501719. Very Good. $2.50.
Le Sueur, Meridel. LITTLE BROTHER OF THE WILDERNESS: The Story of Johnny Appleseed. Holy Cow! Press 1947, 1987. Pictorial hardcover. 68 pp. For early elementary grades. Ex-lib. Very Good. $3.50.
Le Sueur, Meridel. SPARROW 2. Holy Cow! Press 1957, 1987. Hardcover. Two Indian boys experience the joy of discovery and then tragedy on the western frontier near Davenport, Iowa during the Black Hawk war. Ex-lib. (#) Very Good. $4.50.
Levitin, Sonia. ROANOKE, A Novel of the Lost Colony. Atheneum 1973, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $3.50.
Levy, Mimi Cooper. CORRIE AND THE YANKEE. Viking 1959, 1967. Pictorial hardcover. Ill. Ernest Crichlow. Story of a little black girl in Civil War days. Ex-lib. Very Good. $3.50.
Lorbiecki, Marybeth. MY PALACE OF LEAVES IN SARAJEVO. Dial Books for Young Readers 1997, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. In letter format, the author weaves a story about life in a Sarajevo war zone where 10-year-old Nadja lives. NOT ex-lib. 0803720335. Book and dust jacket Fine. $3.50.
Monjo, F. N. GRAND PAPA AND ELLEN AROON, Being an Account of Some of the Happy Times Spent Together by Thomas Jefferson and His Favorite Granddaughter. Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1974. Hardcover. Ill. Richard Cuffari. Short story. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 2-7. 54 pp. VG/VG. $4.
Monjo, F. N. A NAMESAKE FOR NATHAN. Coward, McCann, & Geoghegan, Inc. 1977. Ill. Eros Keith. Hardcover with dust jacket. Being an account of Captain Nathan Hale by his twelve-year-old sister, Joanna. 120 pp. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 3-8. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Monjo, F. N. THE VICKSBURG VETERAN. Simon & Schuster 1971. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Douglas Gorsline. Fred Grant was only 12 years old when he went with his father, General Ulysses S. Grant, on his campaign to capture the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Truthquest Age of Revolution I, Grades K-4. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.50.
Nixon, Joan Lowery. CAUGHT IN THE ACT, The Orphan Train Quartet #2. Hardcover with dust jacket. In 1856 the six Kelly children are sent from New York to begin new lives in the West. (#) 0553054430. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
O’Dell, Scott. SING DOWN THE MOON. Houghton Mifflin 1970, 1998. Hardcover with dust jacket. Newbery Honor 1971. Story of the 1864 devastating forced long march of the Navaho Indians to Fort Sumner. Sonlight 4. Living History. 0395109191. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $4.
O’Dell, Scott. STREAMS TO THE RIVER, RIVER TO THE SEA, A Novel of Sacagawea. Houghton Mifflin 1986. Hardcover with dust jacket. Truthquest Age of Revolution II, Grades 7-12. 0395404304. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $6.
Park, Linda Sue. A SINGLE SHARD. Clarion Books 2001. Hardcover with dust jacket. Story of 12th century Korea. Sonlight 6. 0395978270. NOT ex-lib. Book Fine, dust jacket Near-Fine. $4.50.
Patton, Willoughby. SEA VENTURE. David McKay 1959, 1962. Hardcover. Michael is delighted to be sailing on the Sea Venture bound from Plymouth, England, for the Virginia Colony of Jamestown. VG+/VG+. $6.50.
Philbrook, Elizabeth. FAR FROM MARLBOROUGH STREET. The Viking Press 1944, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Nancy Lee Wadsworth rolls along in a rattling stage over old Colonial New England roads, all alone on an adventurous and dangerous journey. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good, dust jacket has chips at spine ends. $5.
Polland, Madeleine. THE WHITE TWILIGHT. Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1962 FE. Hardcover. Out-of-print. Story of the daughter of a famous Flemish architect in 16th century Denmark. Truthquest Grades 6-12. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $4.
Reit, Seymour. GUNS FOR GENERAL WASHINGTON, A Story of the American Revolution. Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket. Frustrated with life under siege in George Washington’s army, 19-year-old Will Knox and his brother, Col. Henry Knox, undertake the task of moving 183 cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston in the dead of winter. Historical fiction. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 3-12. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket As-New. $7.
Robinet, Harriette Gillem. FORTY ACRES AND MAYBE A MULE. Atheneum Jean Karl Book 1998. Hardcover with dust jacket. The story of what might have happened to one small grouo of slaves upon receiving the news that Lincoln had freed them and they were being allowed 40 acres and maybe a mule just for the asking. 068982078x. One library stamp. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $5.
Robinson, Gertrude. FOX FIRE. E. P. Dutton 1944 first edition. Hardcover. Out-of-print. Ill. Woodi Ishmael. Story of Colonial America. Ex-lib. Lib. binding. Good, one page has small repaired tear. (*) Rare title. $6.50.
St. George, Judith. BY GEORGE, BLOOMERS! Coward McCann 1976. Hardcover. Ill. Margot Tomes. Easy reader chapter book. (#) Ex-lib. G. $2.
Seymour, Alta Halverson. WHEN THE DIKES BROKE. Follett Publishing 1958. Pictorial hardcover. Fictionalized story of the terrible flood in Holland in 1953. Ex-lib. Edges worn. $3.
Simon, Philip. LOG OF THE MAYFLOWER. Priam Press 1956, 1980. Hardcover with dust jacket. Taken from William Bradford’s account in Of Plimoth Plantation, and written as if from the pen of John Howland. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.50.
Snedeker, Carolyn. THERAS: THE STORY OF AN ATHENIAN BOY. London: J. M. Dent. 1935. Hardcover. More recently published as Theras and His Town. Spell-binding story of life in ancient Anthens. TruthQuest 5-12. Small book, 16mo. Red cloth over boards. Rare title. VG, but cover slightly bent in shipping from England. $15.
Speare, Elizabeth George. THE BRONZE BOW. Houghton Mifflin 1961. Hardcover with dust jacket. Newbery Medal 1962. Truthquest Ancient Romans Grades 3-12. Sonlight 6-7. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $7.50.
Speare, Elizabeth George. THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND. Houghton Mifflin 1958, 1986. Hardcover with dust jacket. Sonlight 3-4. Truthquest Age of Revolution 1, grades 6-12. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $5.
Stephan, Hanna. THE QUEST. Little, Brown & Co. 1967, first edition. Based on a true World War II story, young Peter Reisiger, a German boy, is lost from his family and is taken to Russia. Later, in attempting to find his lost family he journeys through the Russian steppes, villages of China, Tibet, India and finally to Egypt, finding people to help him all along the way. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Stevens, Carla. ANNA, GRANDPA, AND THE BIG STORM. Clarion Books 1982. Hardcover with dust jacket. Story of a sensitive relationship between a young girl and her determined grandfather, set in the time of The Great Blizzard of 1888. 0899190669. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $4.
Sutcliff, Rosemary. BONNIE DUNDEE. E. P. Dutton 1983, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. When young Hugh Herriott joins John Graham of Claverhouse, the heroic leader of the King’s cavalry in Scotland, it means turning against his own family, the religious rebels called Covenanters. Excellent story! 0525440941. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $8.50.
Sutcliff, Rosemary. EAGLE OF THE NINTH. Oxford University Press 1954, 1986. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. C. Walter Hodges. Sonlight 6. Truthquest Ancient Romans, grades 7-12. 0192710370. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $9.50.
Sutcliff, Rosemary. THE ROAD TO CAMLANN, The Death of King Arthur. E. P. Dutton 1981, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Truthquest Middle Ages, Grades 7-12. 0525440186. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.50.
Sutcliff, Rosemary. THE SHINING COMPANY. London: Bodley Head 1990. Hardcover. Sonlight 200. Ex-lib. Very Good. $7.50.
Sutcliff, Rosemary. THE SWORD AND THE CIRCLE, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. E. P. Dutton 1981. Hardcover with dust jacket. Truthquest Middle Ages, grades 7-12. 0525405852. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.50.
Swift, Hildegard Hoyt. THE RAILROAD TO FREEDOM, A Story of the Civil War. Harcourt Brace & World 1932, 1960. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. James Daugherty. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $8.
Thomas, H. C. A BOY FIGHTER WITH ANDREW JACKSON. Whitman Publishing 1946. Hardcover with dust jacket. Pages tanned, o/w book Very Good; dust jacket has small piece missing in front. $3.50.
Treece, Henry. THE WINDSWEPT CITY, A Novel of the Trojan War. Meredith Press 1967. Hardcover. Good, first couple pages have stain at bottom inner corner. $5.
Turngren, Ellen. HEARTS ARE THE FIELDS. David McKay 1961. Hardcover with dust jacket. Story of a farm family set in rural 8, early 1900’s. Ex-lib. Book Good, dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Walsh, Jill Paton. A PARCEL OF PATTERNS. Farrar, Straus Giroux 1983, first Am. Ed. Hardcover with dust jacket. Story of the English plague of 1665-1666. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.
We Were There Series. WE WERE THERE AT THE BOSTON TEA PARTY, by Robert N. Webb. Grosset & Dunlap 1956. Pictorial hardcover. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $6.50.
We Were There Series. WE WERE THERE AT THE DRIVING OF THE GOLDEN SPIKE, by David Shepherd. Grosset & Dunlap 1960. Hardcover with dust jacket. Berquist 5. NOT ex-lib. Book Fine, dust jacket Very Good. $7.50.
We Were There Series. WE WERE THERE AT THE NORMANDY INVASION, by Clayton Knight. Grosset & Dunlap 1956. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards, blue spine. Larger format. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $8.50.
Wibberley, Leonard. THE CENTURION, A Novel of the Ministry and Passion of Christ. William Morrow 1966, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. Book Near-Fine, dust jacket Good. $6.
Wibberley, Leonard. LEOPARD’S PREY. Farr, Straus & Giroux 1971, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Manly Treegate, Peter Treegate’s orphaned nephew, is pressed into service on the British frigate Leopard, post-American Revolution. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.50.
Wilcox, Eleanor Reindollar. THE CORNHUSK DOLL. Dodd, Mead 1956, E. M. Hale edition. Hardcover. Winner of Dodd, Mead Librarian competition. American Revolution-era story. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 4-12. Ex-library. Good+. $6.
Williams, Laura E. BEHIND THE BEDROOM WALL. Milkweed Editions 1996 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Milkweed Prize for Children’s Literature. 13-year-old Korinna is a member of Hitler’s youth group, until she discovers her parents are hiding Jews from persecution. 1571316078. Book and dust jacket As-New. $3.
Willis, Robert. MOLLY’S HANNIBAL, A Story of the Erie Canal. Follet Publishing 1957. Hardcover. In the 1870’s, Molly is the only girl driver on the Erie Canal, and her friend Hannibal is the sturdy mule who pulls the boat. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 2-7. Good, cover wear especially to corners. $7.
Winston Adventure Series. REBELLION AT QUAKER HILL, A Story of the First Rent War. By Carl Carmer. John C. Winston 1954 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Story takes place a decade before the American Revolution. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 3-9. Ex-lib. Book Good, dust jacket Very Good. $7.
Woolsey, Maryhale. THE KEYS AND THE CANDLE. Abingdon Press 1963. Hardcover with dust jacket. A moving story of excitement, humor, and the tenderness of young love in the life of a boy scribe in an 11th-century English monastery. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $5.
Yep, Laurence. DRAGON’S GATE. Harper Collins 1993. Hardcover with dust jacket. Newbery Honor Book 1994. Compelling story of a young Chinese boy’s struggle to help in the building of the transcontinental railroad in the 1860’s. Ex-lib. Sonlight 100. 0060229721. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $3.50.
Yep, Laurence. DRAGONWINGS. Harper & Row 1975. Hardcover with dust jacket. Historical novel set in 1909 portraying the rich traditions of the Chinese community as it made its way in a hostile new world. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $3.50.
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