The How and Why Wonder Book of Primitive Man; llustrated by Matthew Kalmenoff

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1961. Deluxe ed. Hardcover. Near fine.. Quarto in glossy color illus & laminated boards; 47 pages illustrations 21 cm. How & Why #4022 ¶ "Donald Barr (1921-2004) was an American educator, writer, and Office of Strategic Services (OSS) officer. He was an administrator at Columbia University before serving as headmaster at the Dalton School in New York City and the Hackley School in Tarrytown, New York. He also wrote two science fiction novels. His sons are former United States Attorney General William Barr and physicist Stephen Barr. Early life and education Barr was born in Manhattan, New York, the son of Estelle (née DeYoung), a psychologist, and Pelham Barr, an economist. He and his wife, Mary Margaret (née Ahern), had four children including William P. Barr (who served as the 77th U.S. Attorney General in the George H. W. Bush Administration and as the 85th U.S. Attorney General in the Donald Trump Administration) and particle physicist Stephen Barr. He was born to a Jewish family, but later converted to Catholicism. He sent his children to a Catholic elementary school and his son William would later describe him as "more Catholic than the Catholics."-Wikipedia. / Illustrated books. The How and Why Wonder Bookseries.