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They had their hour / by Marquis James author of The Raven: A Biography of Sam Houston; Andrew Jackson, The Border Captain.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection AC9 J2352 934t
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- James, Marquis, 1891-1955
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History.
- United States.
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Rascoe, Burton, 1892-1957 (donor) (inscription) (Culture Class Collection copy)
- James, Marquis, 1891-1955 (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 324 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- [First edition].
- Manufacture:
- Brooklyn, N. Y. : Printed and bound by Braunworth & Co., Inc. Book Manufacturers.
- Place of Publication:
- Indianapolis : The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, [1934]
- Contents:
- The remarkable voyage of Captain Thomas Jones, pirate
- On the king's errand
- Benjamin Franklin, electrician
- Listen, my children
- Thomas Jefferson goes shopping
- The wrong road
- Deguelo
- The plot that failed
- The stolen railroad train
- Jordan's banks
- A crime of murder
- Pursuit
- The twain shall meet
- First prize, $600,000
- The life and death of Dick Yeager.
- Notes:
- Dramatic episodes in American history.
- With half-title.
- Title printed within single-ruled border.
- Divisional titles.
- Maroon cloth binding, lettered in gilt and maroon on spine and front cover.
- Includes "Notes on the absence of a bibliography" (pages 301-302) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy has underlines, marginal marks and ms. annotations.
- Culture Class Collection copy inscribed to Burton Rascoe by Mark James, Feb. 9'34.
- OCLC:
- 1440955
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