Dreamers of the American Dream
by Holbrook, Stewart H
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Book VG+: mild shelf wear, text clean, binding tight./DJ VG: age toning, NOT clipped ($5.75)
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1957. first edition. hardcover. Book VG+: mild shelf wear, text clean, binding tight./DJ VG: age toning, NOT clipped ($5.75). 8vo 369pp. stated first edition. vol X of Mainstream of America Series. from front flap: "...These are the persons of whom Stewart H. Holbrook has written in Dreamers of the American Dream, tenth volume in the Mainstream of America Series. Some of them were successes; some of them were failures. All of them--visionaries, indomitable pioneers, ranting fanatics, or patient doers--helped to build America. In these pages are the stories of Sylvester Graham, who campaigned against "adulterated" bread but only succeeded in having a cracker named for him; of Orson Fowler, who made a fortune exploiting phrenology; . . ." #01801.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1739
- Title
- Dreamers of the American Dream
- Author
- Holbrook, Stewart H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Book VG+: mild shelf wear, text clean, binding tight.
- Jacket Condition
- DJ VG: age toning, NOT clipped ($5.75)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday and Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- america, americana, nonfiction, first edition, history
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Matthew's Books LLC
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About Matthew's Books LLC
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