UNCLE BEN'S SCRAP BOOK ODD FELLOWS LODGE I.O.O.F

Book Description

1938. WEIDLE, Ben. UNCLE BEN'S SCRAP BOOK. To Commemmorate His 80th Birthday May 8, 1939 and 25th Year as Grand Secretary May, 1939. [Moberly, Missouri: Best Printing Company, 1938]. 24mo., velvet printed wraps. First, and only, edition. An interesting collection of poems by Weidle, who was orphaned at age 8. He subsequently joined the Barnum circus, Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, and eventually became Grand Secretary of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge in Liberty, Missouri (a photograph of the lodge is in the rear of the text as is one of the local hospital dedication in 1923). A rather rare and ephemeral item! Signed by Weidle on the first page. Very Good condition.

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