Spanish for Beginners by Norman P. Sachs, Ph.D - 1951

The book is in good condition. There is some wear on the front, back, edges and spine of the cover boards. There is minimal bumping and fraying on the cover boards. The previous owner signed the second page of the book. The pages are yellowing and tanning, and there are several markings of ink writing on the pages.

"As H. L. Mencken has pointed out, the Spanish language has made far more contributions to the vocabulary of American English than has any other European tongue. Beginning with the sixteenth century when the Spanish Empire was in the hey-day, the influence of the Spanish vocabulary came to be felt in England at the same time that Spanish words came into the American lexicon via the West Indies. Parts of the Spanish vocabulary were also added to our own as a result of the Spanish colonization of our Southwest and Florida, the continuous influence of Spanish south of the border during the whole of our frontier period, the Mexican War, and the Spanish-American War...." - Introductory Lesson One from Spanish for Beginners