1893 HIstorical Pocahontas Story of Virginia Musick Illustrated Plates

Description: Pocahontas: A Story of Virginia (1893)by John MusickThis is the book, Pocahontas - A Story of Virginia, by John Musick (1849-1901). This book was published by Funk & Wagnalls Company of New York in 1893.From the preface, "...Fiction is made subordinate to history...the story brings the history of the United States down to the colonization of Virginia and the dissolution of the London Company...Any impartial student of the life and times of Captain Smith will accord him a place among the great men of the world. But Smith was a failure rather than a success. Prejudiced, unprincipled, and envious men continually thwarted him, even when his success insured their happiness. Smith was patriotic, brave, and unselfish...(regarding Pocohontas) Cheated of love and deceived by the man who had married her, the poor girl did not survive the knowledge that Smith lived, but died of a broken heart at Gravesend."The chapters of the book are The Pirate's Prize, Raleigh's Dream, Emily, Jamestown, A Fool's Errand, Capt. Smith Captured, Pocahontas, Vengeance of Francis, The Little Angel, Crowning of the Forest Emperor, The Rose of England and the Totem of Virginia, Death of Pocahontas, From the Dark Continent, etc.This book is in fair-to-good condition for age. The cover is generally good, with some retention of gilt titles/design. There is sunning of the spine and wear to edges and corners. The joints are intact. The inner hinges are split. The binding is good but should be handled gently. The pages are bound. One picture plate toward the rear of the book is starting to come out from the binding. The pages are in good condition with no page tears, no dog ears, and no internal handwriting. There is foxing. The frontispiece and the full page plates are in good condition. This book measures 7 1/2 inches by 5 inc hes and has 366 numbered pages including an index. We ship on the next business day after purchase and we maintain an excellent ebay customer satisfaction rating. Please check out our other ebay antiques, fine collectables, and our rare antiquarian book selection.Thank you for shopping with us. Please make us a favorite ebay seller and come again!GardenNut01 Mindy & JackNote: We search high and wide for interesting items and we do our best to package these items well and ship promptly. If you experience problems with your order(s), please contact us through ebay's "contact seller" feature. We will do what we can to make everything right!

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