HISTORY of the UNITED STATES 1878 Centennial J.C. RIDPATH Timelines & Color Maps

Description: Item: Book - NonfictionAuthor: John Clark Ridpath A.M. Title: History of the United StatesPopular History of the United StatesFrom the Aboriginal TimesTo The Present Day C. 1878HCUnsure of Edition - Being A Centennial Account Approx. 691 pagesSize: Approx. 9.5" x 7" Publisher: Jones Brothers & Co Nice complete edition. Great to see the "difference" in History then and now. Perfect for Homeshcooling Condition: Good to Very Good shape. Solid, Complete and Clean. Very light wear for it's age. Binding is Solid but loosening. Light edge, corner and spine wear. Other wear consistent with grade. Please review the pics and grade for yourselfVery Hard to find. Only 1 other copy of this edition remains on eBay (at time of listing).Don't let someone else buy this and let this one slip by collectors!! This one is looking for a good home and would look great in your library!Plenty of listings & auctions to be listed. Proceeds will be heading to one of our local effective charities and help pay for my daughter's college books and other costly things.... All who bid you have my deepest thanks to help further her indoctrination um errr, education 😁 Note: You are buying, bidding or making an offer on the item listed in the title of this listing and description above. If multiple cards/items are shown - they are in separate listings. Scans/Photos of the actual items are shown.John Clark Ridpath (April 26, 1840 – July 31, 1900) was an American educator, historian, and editor. His mother was a descendant of Samuel Matthews, a colonial governor of Virginia.[1]Education and career[edit]At nineteen he entered Indiana Asbury College (later DePauw University), where he graduated with the highest honors of his class. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, as well. Before graduation he had been elected to an instructorship in the Thorntown, Indiana academy, and in 1864, he was made its principal. This office he held until 1867, when he was chosen to fill the chair of languages at Baker University, Baldwin City, Kansas. During the same period he served as superintendent of the Lawrenceburg, Indiana public schools.In 1869 he was elected professor of English literature in Asbury College, and two years later he was assigned to the chair of belles-lettres and history of the same institution. In 1879 he was elected vice-president of the university, and he was largely the originator of the measures by which that institution was placed under the patronage of Washington C. DePauw, and took his name. In 1880 he received the degree of LL. D. from Syracuse University.Author[edit]In 1885 Ridpath left his position at the University to devote himself more to writing. In the later 1890s, he was editor of a magazine called The Arena. He wrote biographies of James G. Blaine, James A. Garfield, William Ewart Gladstone, and James Otis. His popular volumes of history were successful, and reissued many times.His publications include:Academic History of the United States (New York, 1874–5)Popular History of the United States of America (1876)Grammar-School History (1877)Inductive Grammar of the English Language (1878–9)Monograph on Alexander Hamilton (1880)Life and Work of Garfield (1881)Life of James G. Blaine (1893)History of Texas (1884)A Cyclopaedia of Universal History (3 volumes, 1880–4)Ridpath's History of the World (8 volumes, 1894)Ridpath's Universal History (16 volumes, 1895)Notable events of the nineteenth century. Great deeds of men and nations and the progress of the world, in a series of short studies (1896)History of the World, Comprising Evolution of Mankind and Story of All Races (4 volumes, 1897)The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature (25 volumes, 1898)James Otis, the pre-revolutionist (1898)Story of South Africa: an account of the historical transformation of the dark continent by the European powers and the culminating contest between Great Britain and the South African Republic in the Transvaal War (1899)History of The United States (10 Volumes, 1905)You can check the flea markets, shows and shops. Risk losing a last second auction, if another one is ever available... 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Price: 55.19 USD

Location: Reading, Pennsylvania

End Time: 2024-12-24T05:30:34.000Z

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