New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. First Edition. [i]-x, [1], [1(blank)], [1]-268, vi pp. 8vo. Publisher's pictorial cloth; dust jacket; deckled fore-edge; top edge tinted. Illustrations by Raymond Lufkin. Near fine in very good dust jacket with some chipping at head and tail of spine.

Juvenile biography of Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955), educator, organizer of African American women, and civil rights activist. "This is the challenging and inspired true story of a little girl who was determined to learn to read, and who went on to become a teacher, the founder of a college, an adviser to statesmen, and a great humanitarian." In 1904 in Daytona, Florida, Bethune founded the Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute for Training Negro Girls. The school has since evolved into Bethune-Cookman University, an historically Black university (HBCU).

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Bookseller: Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA) (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 3727862
Title: Mary McLeod Bethune
Author: Emma Gelders Sterne
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Keywords: EBAY

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Established in 1995, Ian Brabner, Rare Americana buys and sells rare books and manuscripts covering diverse facets of American history.

Our inventory encompasses a broad spectrum of collecting interests, with a special focus on 18th- and 19th-century American history, including African-American history, women's history, and unique or unusual materials documenting the American experience. In our stock, you will also find rare pamphlets, documents, letters and correspondence, journals, diaries, significant archives, as well as original art, graphics, and photographs.

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Tail: The heel of the spine.
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....