1955 HC We Were There on the Oregon Trail William O. Steele Ex-library. Grosset and Dunlap Pictorial Boards. $15 plus shipping. Link in bio. From Wikipedia: TheĀ We Were ThereĀ books are a series ofĀ historical novelsĀ written forĀ children. The series consists of 36 titles, first released between 1955 and 1963 byĀ Grosset & Dunlap. Each book in the series is a fictional retelling of an historical event, featuring one or more children as primary characters. The books were written by a number of different authors, each writing from one to seven of the books; the authors includedĀ Benjamin Appel,Ā Jim Kjelgaard,Ā Earl Schenck Miers,Ā William O. Steele, and others. Each book's byline also lists a separate "historical consultant," who was a specialist in the historic topic covered by that particular book. The historical consultants were typically college professors or, in the case of war-related stories, retired military officers; among the more noteworthy consultants for the series were the historiansĀ Bruce Catton,Ā Walter Prescott WebbĀ andĀ A. B. Guthrie, Jr.. The books are illustrated with black-and-whiteĀ line art, with color drawings on theĀ dust jacket. #vintage #books #vintagebooks #bookaneer #bookworm #bibliophile #instabook #bibliomane #oregontrail #juvenileseries #wewerethereseries #oregon #williamosteele #history #grossetanddunlap #jopolseno (at Dodge Center, Minnesota)
