Chief of the Cossacks (Landmark Books, Number W-39)

Description: Illustrated with drawings by Robert Frankenberg. Includes a double page map. This is Number W-39 in the Landmark Books series. 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. Harold Lamb was a popular novelist in the field of historical fiction, and here brings his story telling skills to the Landmark series. He also wrote another in the Landmark series, Genghis Khan and the Mongol Horde. Here Harold Lamb brings to life the colorful figure of Stenka Razin, called by some a pirate; called by others Chief of the Cossacks, whose power was greater than that of kings, though he dwelt in a fleet of riverboats rather than a palace. BINDNG/CONDITION: light green cloth with series device and title on the front cover; the top edge tint is green; bookplate, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket. index. Landmark endpaper style with map, color scenes. 8vo (8.5 inches tall). 184 pages.…