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Landmark Books
Publisher: Random House.
Place: New York. Date: 1950-1970.
Andrew Carnegie and the Age of Steel
by Katherine Shippen
New York: Random House,1958 (Landmark Books).
Hardback.
LANDMARK BOOKS (RANDOM HOUSE)
Series Note: Landmark Books was a series of children's books featuring stories of significant people and events in American history. The series was intended for ages 10 to 15. Format: under 200 pages, and illustrated with maps and drawings. 122 titles were published in all, some of which were written by C. S. Forester, Shirley Jackson, MacKinlay Kantor, Quentin Reynolds, Robert Penn Warren and many other other noted authors.
There were two subseries: Landmark Giant and World Landmark Books.
Further information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landmark_Books_(series)
https://www.biblioguides.com/pub/series/landmark-books
https://plumfieldmoms.com/plumfield-moms-book-lists/sherrys-landmark-book-reviews
Serial Number / Title / Author / Illustrator / Year of Publication
1.
The Voyages of Christopher Columbus
Written and illustrated by Armstrong Perry
1950
2.
The Landing of the Pilgrims
Written and illustrated by James Daugherty
1950
3.
Pocahontas and Captain John Smith : The Story of the Virginia Colony
by Marie Lawson
Illustrated by William Sharp
1950
4.
Paul Revere and the Minute Men
by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Illustrated by Norman Price
1950
5.
Our Independence and the Constitution
by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Illustrated by Robert Doremus
1950
6.
The Californian Gold Rush
by May McNeer
Illustrated by Lynd Ward
1950
7.
The Pony Express
by Samuel Hopkins Adams
Illustrated by Lee J. Ames
1950
8.
Lee and Grant at Appomattox
by MacKinlay Kantor
Illustrated by Donald McKay
1950
9.
The building of the first transcontinental railroad
by Adele Nathan (Adele Gutman Nathan)
Illustrated by Edward A. Wilson
1950
10.
The Wright Brothers : Pioneers of American Aviation
by Quentin James Reynolds
Illustrated by Jacob Landau
1950
For a complete listing of the series arranged by serial number, click here.