Hawaii, Gem of the Pacific (Landmark Books, Number 49).
by Lewis, Oscar
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- BINDING/CONDITION: beige cloth with title and series device printed on the front cover; the top edge tint is green; a Very Good
- Seller
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Oroville, California, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Random House, 1954.. Young Readers of America edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: beige cloth with title and series device printed on the front cover; the top edge tint is green; a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Index. Landmark endpaper style showing two-color scenes. Description: Illustrated with drawings by Stephen Medvey.. This is Number 49 in the Landmark Books series. This series presents historic and biographical books for young readers, designed to hold the attention as well as to inform. Lives of outstanding people and topics of interest in American and world history are presented in story form with illustrations. Oscar Lewis tells the fascinating story of the islands that have become famous as the Crossroads of the Pacific. Tells of the tropical flowers, the pounding seas, of climbing steep volcanoes, eyeing the great cliff over which King Kamehameha long ago pushed the enemy army that opposed him. See how, through the years, Hawaii has transformed itself (note that this book was written before Hawaii became a state).
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- Bookseller
- The Bookworm (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 067959
- Title
- Hawaii, Gem of the Pacific (Landmark Books, Number 49).
- Author
- Lewis, Oscar
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - BINDING/CONDITION: beige cloth with title and series device printed on the front cover; the top edge tint is green; a Very Good
- Edition
- Young Readers of America edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1954.
- Pages
- 183 pages.
- Size
- 8vo (8.5 inches tall)
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Oroville, California
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