Description: A Short Cruise by James Otis 1st Edition USA Antique HardcoverGood Condition - Binding is intact - Staining noted on front and back cover - Minimal foxing of pages noted - No hand written notations - A tear noted to transparent page.Published by Thomas Y. Crowell & Co USAFAST & FREE WITH SAME OR NEXT DAY SHIPPING!Ships USPS Media MailOtis was born in 1848 in Winterport, Maine. He attended public schools, then got a job with the Boston Journal at 13, and three years later was providing coverage of the American Civil War. Later, he went on to work as a journalist or editor for various newspapers, superintendent at schools, and a publicity man at a circus.In 1880 he authored his first, and still most famous (largely by way of a filmed version by Walt Disney), children’s book, Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with a Circus, a story about an orphan who runs away to join the circus. Following the book's success he went on to author numerous other children’s books, mostly historical and adventure novels. Like most writers of his era, he was astonishingly prolific, and a total of nearly 200 books by him have been identified.
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
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Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: Boston, MA USA
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Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell Co.
Modified Item: No
Subject: Americana
Year Printed: 1896
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Illustrator: NA
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Region: North America
Author: James Otis
Personalized: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Children's Story
