Search Results: the pictorial history of fort wayne by griswold r j

Chicago, IL: Self-Published by the Author / Robert O. Law Company, 1917 Self-Published by the Author / Robert O. Law Company, Chicago, IL. 1917. Hardcover. First Edition. Recased around original textblock. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light shelfwear to board edges; black smudges to front and rear boards. No DJ. Ivory paper over boards with red cloth overlay on the spine; paper label on spine in black lettering. Tan endpapers. Marbled textblock edges. Frontispiece engraving of MGEN Anthony Wayne.[xvi] 17-735 pp 4to. The record of Ft. Wayne begins with the appearance of the first adventurous Frenchman among the savages of ancient Kekionga and closes with the story of the departure of F. Wayne's patriotic sons for the blood-stained battlefields of France, there to give their lives that the world may be "safe for democracy." Three centuries intervene. The search for the actors in the great drama has uncovered many new names and heroic deeds; it is with… Read More