HEROES OF HISTORY, THE COMPANION LIBRARY Number Thirty
Selections From The Youth's Companion
Copyright 1905, Perry Mason Company, Boston, Mass.
5" x 7", 64 page staple-bound booklet. It has six stories: Heroes of Lake Champlain, Decatur's Dash at Tripoli, A Teamster at Gettysburg, Sinking the Albemarle, A Night Ride in Zululand, and A Torpedo-Boat in Action. The Youth's Companion (1827–1929), known in later years as simply The Companion—For All the Family, was an American children's magazine that existed for over one hundred years until it finally merged with The American Boy in 1929. The Companion was published in Boston, Massachusetts by the Perry Mason Company (later renamed "Perry Mason & Co." after the founder died). From 1892 to 1915 it was based in the Youth's Companion Building, which is now on the National Register of Historic Places.
The item is complete and in GOOD - VERY GOOD condition with some wear to the spine and cover edges. |