Little Journeys Into Storyland: Stories That Will Live and Lift

Nashville, TN: Southern Publishing Association, 1947. 236pp. Illustrated (b/w photographs throughout). Original red cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine. Color frontis. Pictorial endpapers (a photo of a story-telling session in a black Boy Scout troop). The book includes many uplifting and inspiring stories of famous African American inventors and also includes positive, moralistic, stories for children. This book is written along the same lines as Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories of the same era, but this edition was directed toward Black Americans. The story pictures are predominantely of Black Children. Pictures included gives one a glimpse into life in the Southern states for Black Americans during this time-period. Includes the following stories: A Boy Traded for a Horse, How Marian Got Her Violin, A Very Kind Man, Jim's Examination, Wise Old Tom, A Real Friend, Only a Dog, Jiggs and Maggie Don't Rope Those Calves, Son, Just Little Things, Almost Perfect, Conscience Did It, The Little Protector, Why and How, The Poor Old Gander, A Doctor's Peculiar Prescription, A Prairie Hailstorm, A Prayer for a School, Drive On, Skyscraper or Shanty, A Great Benefactor, Headwinds and Tailwinds, Two Glasses of Milk, Keep the Oil Can Handy, Prayer-Is It Out of Date?, Positive Proof, Helen's Secret, Those Little Deeds Well Done, How John Bought the Organ, Yellow Roses, Jimmy's Wish, A Foolish Farmer, Troubles, Mother's Furrows, What Made Him a Tramp?, Inventory Time, Don't Be Too Hasty!, Sermons We See, Friendly Cousel - No Fees, Is Prejudice Robbing You?, Don't Break Your Looking Glass, God Keeps His Word, Then What?. Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting) but have light finger smudging. Outer page edges have some soiling/light foxing. Binding is loose but not broken. Spine cloth is slightly loose (beginning to detach near top). Head/heal of spine is dented. Covers have moderate scuffing/finger soiled. Corners of covers are beginning to fray. Board edges are rubbed. Nice copy of this scarce book. . First Thus, Collectible. Cloth. Good -/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.