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LIGHT IN THE EARLY WEST, berenice chouteau, HB, xlib, dj, exc cond, 1959,
182 pp, rare, famous woman pioneer, $10
HOW OUR NATION BEGAN, The Christian Social History Series, Don Sharkey,
Sister Margaret, Msgr Furlong, 1954, HB, vg cond, includes: Indians,
early explorers of America, various settlements from European countries,
the 13 colonies, French & Indian war, Revolutionary War, 192pp, xlib,
colorful illustrations throughout the book, later elementary to middle
school age,rare, $18
DESERT PADRE, EUSEBIO FRANCISEO KINO, by John Thayer, hb, dj, xlib,
Catholic Treasury Books, Padre Kino was a "Jesuit priest who became a
mapmaker, an explorer, a cattle king and an endurance rider, but first
and foremost a missionary in early Southwest America with the Indians",
1959, last blank inside page removed, vg cond, $12
CROSSBEARER TO THE SAVAGES, A STORY OF JUNIPERO SERRA, by Hagemann, hb,
Dujarie Press, xlib, 1951, 96 pp, $5
COMMANDANT PAUL AND THE FOUNDING OF MONTREAL, (Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de
Maison-neuve) American Background Books, Kenedy pub (Catholic biographies
of famous explorers), 1966, 191 pp, xlib HB with mylar dj, vg cond, by
CHarles Wilson, $6
FRONTIER PRIEST AND CONGRESSMAN, FATHER GABRIEL RICHARD, HB, xlib, dj,
exc cond, 1958 Banner Books, 176 pp, $10
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VISION BOOKS: "Vision Books are stories of great Catholics to inspire
young hearts. Especially designed to acquaint boys and girls from about 9
to 15 years of age with the lives of Catholic lay figures, martyrs, and
servants. Vision books will inspire and instruct. These colorful
action-filled life stories combine scruplulous fidelity to facts with
high entertainment value. Besides giving youngsters a broader
understanding of their faith, this series also brings them a world of
information about history and geography, at home and in foreign lands.
Through Vision Books young people will better comprehend and visualize
the courage and piety that inspired these famous followers of Christ.
Vision Books are written by outstanding authors, each of whom tells the
story of the hero closest to his heart. Vision Books will captivate young
readers."
GOVERNOR AL SMITH, Farley and Conniff, hb, Vision book, 1959, 188 pp,
"From an exciting waterfront boyhood to four time governor of New York-
without even an elementary school diploma! Al Smith's formula for success
is still good: fun, plus brains, plus hard work, plus plain talk, plus
love of fellow man, plus deep religious faith. Readers will thrill to
Al's adventures high on a schooner"s rigging, driving fire-horses, Indian
snake-dancing on election night around blazing voting sheds. To follow
his career as legislator and governor is to share the ideals and the
lifelong fun of the man who, win or lose, always shook hands with a grin.
" this book won an award, $8
ST. THOMAS MORE OF LONDON, by Ince, hb, dj, xlib, Vision Books, 1957,
188pp, "All of the material in this book has been collected from the most
authoritative sources, and, though the work has been dramatized to make
it more appealing to its young audience, every incident is based upon
historical fact. Great to read aloud." $10
OUR LADY CAME TO FATIMA, Vision books, hb, xlib, 190 yellowing pp, title
page missing, older, well used, "Especially designed to acquaint 9 to 15
year olds with the lives of great Catholic lay figures, martyrs, and
Saints using lively telling, readability, and historical accuracy ... "
This is Volume #19 in the series, it was written by Ruth Fox Hume, 1957,
fair condition- reading copy, $5
MOTHER CABRINI, Missionary to the World, hb, partial dj, Vision Books, "
In 1946, with the canonization of Francesca Cabrini, the United States
acclaimed her first citizen-saint. Frances Parkinson Keyes tell here the
story of the little girl of nothern Italy who seemed born to be a
missionary. Her Order, the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, was
blessed with fantastic growth and it was the beloved little Mother
Cabrini herself who crossed the ocean thirty-seven times to guide the
world-wide expansion in France, England and Spain; in Central and South
America; in the United States- in New York, New Orleans, Denver, in
Seattle where she took the oath of United States citizenship, in Chicago,
where she died in 1917. Great to read aloud. ", 1959, xlib, book in vg
cond, $9
THE CURE OF ARS, THE PRIEST WHO OUTTALKED THE DEVIL, by Milton Lomask,
VISION BOOKS, 1958/61, 190 yellowing pp, HB, Volume 36 in the series,
"Jean-Marie Vianney, a farm boy born during the French Revolution, longed
to become a priest. But he could not learn Latin, and it seemed as if the
humble, lovable, slow-thinking Jean-Marie would never be ordained. He did
at last become a priest. To many he is known, not by name, but simply as
"the Cure of Ars," the parish priest who devoted his life to the little
village of Ars and so successfully led his people to sanctity that he
became a prime target of the devil.", vg cond, $12
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