Hurrah For America A Tale of Welsh Life

This 113-year-old offering in VG- condition is Hurrah for America: A Tale of Welsh Life by Alice Reese, published in 1898 by Press of U. B. Publishing House. This is not an ex-library copy, and, at age 103, is showing some looseness between front cover piece and Title Page(the front loose end page has been torn out, for some reason--it's missing), but no webbing is to be seen, and there is some modest staining from original glue on front paste down, and back paste down and loose end, pages. I believe this to be a First Edition; it may have been rebound at some later time, because the covers and spine are extremely crisp/sound. This is an attempt by the author to portray many of the characteristics of Welsh-American life within the plot/framework of a fictional story, with young Tom Hughes(who Reese describes in her Introduction as "an ideal Welsh American boy") being the focal character in her tale. She has incorporated as many facts, actual incidents, and true-life reminiscences as possible to immerse her story with the genuine flavor and spirit of the above-mentioned Welsh-American lifestyle.…