An Army in Pigtails
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1962. 28.5x22.5cm: 43pp. Stated First Edition. Illustrated by the author. Illustrated cloth boards matching the illustrations on the dust jacket. Price-clipped dust jacket with a small chip along top back edge and another at head of spine. Internally clean and bright. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.
A wonderfully illustrated tale of the adventures of two sisters, Abby and Becky, who helped to win the War of 1812. This tale has some elements of truth to it as Abigail and Rebecca Bates, daughters of Captain Simeon Bates, the first keeper of Scituate Lighthouse in Massachusetts, famously prevented the British from sacking the town.
Price: $35.00
Item #10127