Description: 1893 Columbia's Emblem, Indian Corn: A Garland of Tributes in Prose and Verse, Houghton Mifflin / Riverside Press HB 62 pgsFree Shipping to U.S. Up for sale is..... the 1893 hardbound book: Columbia's Emblem, Indian Corn: A Garland of Tributes in Prose and Verse Original Yellow Cloth. Condition: Good. Houghton Mifflin Company.Cambridge, Mass: Riverside Press Likely published in conjunction with the 1893 "World's Columbian Exposition" in Chicago, this volume suggests Corn as a unifying symbol of all that is best in the United States of America. 6 full-page illustrations from photographs. Text is comprised of poems, histories, and essays on Indian Corn, and brief essays on its value and beauty… by Edna Dean Proctor, Celia Thaxter, John Fiske, Longfellow, Whittier, President Hayes, Sidney Lanier, F. H. Cushing and others. Preface by Miss Candace Wheeler · Columbia's Emblem· Zea-Mays· "Of Their Planted Fruits in Virginia, and How They Use Them" · How the Pilgrims found Corn at Cape Cod · Importance of Maize in American History · Corn as a National Emblem · Corn among the Zunis· The Gift of Corn to the Ancient People: A Moqui Legend· The Burial and Rising of Mondamin · The Army of the Corn · Indian Corn · Song of the Texas Corn · The Corn is in Tassel · The Corn Song · Maize, the Nation's Emblem Hardback - 62 Pages.Book measures 5” x 7”. CONDITIONThis 129 year old book is complete and in good overall condition. Minor soiling/wear to boards; pages straight and clean.Well bound – Title page has a very short separation at bottom edge.No writing (except previous owner’s name at first inside blank sheet). (Back Cover) ********************** Feel free to ask questions Thanks for looking ! FREE shipping to U.S. Shipping is ten dollars to Canada and Mexico; Shipping everywhere else is twelve dollars. I will use protective packaging to insure safe delivery – check my 100.0% feedback!
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Year Printed: 1893
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Indian Corn
Binding: Hardcover
Author: John J. Floherty
Subject: puppy
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company. Riverside Press
Place of Publication: Cambridge, Mass.
Longfellow, Whittier, President Hayes,: Sidney Lanier, F. H. Cushing and others
Special Attributes: Illustrated
