Tongo: A Tale of the Great Plains

Rand, McNally and Company, Chicago, IL. 1928. Hardcover. One of Six American Life Series books. 2nd Edition from copyright page. Retired county circulating library copy dated 1933-34. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for library information on the front endpapers. Book Condition: Fair: insect mottling to boards and spine; wear through fabric on lower tips; shelfwear to head, tail, and upper tips. No DJ. Decorative orange and brown cloth boards and spine with orange lettering on the spine and front board with Indian girl illustration on the front board. Indian scene pencil illustrations on endpapers. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 174 pp 12mo. This is a book of historical fiction based on the journals of Lewis and Clark in 1804 when they explored the territory of the Great Plains and the Indian Tribes who lived and hunted there. The main characters, Tongo, Little Raven, and Cherry-on-the-bush are added characters from the journals and portray Indian life as it was recorded by Lewis and Clark. They make the journey to the Pacific Ocean and to Washington DC and finally back to the Great Plains. A clean very presentable copy.…