The Young American : A Civic Reader
New York: Maynard, Merrill & Co, 1897.
Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Item #16049
cocked, light edgewear, cloth stain and soiling, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Reader anthology designed also to teach basic civics and American history to elementary students. "Nothing need be said of the importance of the study of our civic institutions in the schools. It is a well-known fact that the great mass of boys and girls finish their schooling in the lower grades. Few reach the high school, still fewer go to college. Whatever teachers can do, then, in the direction of good citizenship, must be done early, or not at all." - Preface. Color title page illustration, five chromolith plates, two colored maps, and black-and-white plates and text illustrations. Turn-of-the-century, Reform era Americanization civics reader designed to teach patriotism and basic civics. ; 244 pages.
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