Subject: United States
Period: 1950 (circa)
Publication: Living in Our America
Color: Printed Color
Size:
31 x 20.1 inches
78.7 x 51.1 cm
This pictorial map by John Dukes McKee presents America's myths and folklore in an appealing cartoon style aimed at a young audience. It blends history and fiction, showing Rip van Winkle, Blackbeard, Pocahontas, John Henry, Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett (wrestling a crocodile), Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, Mrs. O'Leary's cow, Paul Bunyan, Jesse James, John Brown, Judge Roy Bean, Calamity Jane, Buffalo Bill, Custer's Last Stand, the Seven Cities of Cibola, and much more. Published by Scott, Foresman and Company for the children's history book Living in Our America.
References: Rumsey #8114.
Condition: A
Issued folding with a couple tiny splits at fold intersections and some light wear along some folds. There is light scattered foxing and some small holes, all confined to the blank margins.