Prehistoric America (Landmark Books, Number 11).

New York:: Random House, 1951.. 5th printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: red cloth with title and series device printed on the front cover, the top edge tint is light yellow; a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Index. Landmark endpapers with two-color scenes. Description: Illustrated with drawings by Aldren Watson. This is Number 11 in the Landmark series for young readers. The Landmark series presents historic and biographical books for young readers, designed to hold the attention as well as to inform. Lives of outstanding people and topics of interest in American and world history are presented in story form with illustrations. ''This is the story of our country thousands upon thousands of years ago, before the first Indians reached our shores. The story of the animals who lived long ages ago is told in the rocks that hold their remains. Reading about them is as exciting as an adventure tale. It is no less interesting to follow the footsteps of America's early people , the Basket-Makers and the Mound Builders. In this book Anne Terry White makes us feel the thrill that men must have known as they discovered details of America's forgotten past. Some of them were scientists, some merely had their eyes open and knew when they had found something unusual. Among them were Major Powell, the first man to read the Grand Canyon's story, and James Cook, who discovered a hill in Wyoming filled with the bones of rhinoceroses. This s book for those who like to solve puzzles and mysteries.. And for readers of tales of adventure.'' Anne Terry White is also the author of three others in the Landmark series -- George Washington Carver; The First Men in the World; and Will Shakespeare and the Globe Theater.