American Heritage -- December 1972

NYC: American Heritage Publishing Co., 1972 Cover: Ann Proctor by Charles Willson Peale. volume XX!V, Number 1. Articles include: The history of Wall Street; The surrender of Major General John Burgoyne's army at Saratoga; The tragedy of Black Hawk; The Beards That Made Poughkeepsie Famous -- The Smith Brothers and their famous cough drops; Horatio Greenough's statue of George Washington; Louis Remme's ride to save his fortune; Advertising pocket mirrors - color portfolio; The treatment of the poor in American; James Abbe's photographs of 1920s stars - The Dolly Sisters, Fred and Adele Astaire, Jeanne Eagels, Ann Harding, Mae West, Valentino, others; A solution to dealing with newly freed slaves - voluntary exile in Africa?; The history of child-rearing in America (color portfolio of paintings); America's first professional woman writer - Hannah Adams. Slight edgewear, previous owner address label inside front cover.