News Map of the Week: Vol. 2, no. 6 -- Monday, Oct. 16, 1939

Chicago: News Map of the Week, 1939. Map. Very Good. 1 map (35 x 47 inches), folded. The upper portion is a world map in color with 38 locations marked. The lower portion provides a description of an event at each marked location. Five black-and-white cartoons are located within the map and eight black-and-white illustrations (including 2 maps) are found with the descriptive text. Among the events noted are: the arrival of 30 U.S. warships at Pearl Harbor; the New York Yankees winning the World Series; the awarding of Roosevelt medals to George Washington Carver, Major Gen. Frank R. McCoy, and Carl Sandburg; and "Chancellor Hitler in a speech to the Reichstag, announced Germany's readiness to participate in a conferrence designed to draft and guarantee peace." Interesting perspective from the United States on World War Two prior to the American entry into the war. In Very Good Condition: just starting to separate in several locations along folds; one small pencil mark; otherwise, clean and solid.