BUSHY: A ROMANCE FOUNDED ON FACT

NY: The Morse Company, 1903. Later Edition. the first edition was published in 1896. Signed presentation from Westover on the front endpaper: "June 17, 1905. May you never have any more shadows in life than is just necessary to temper the glow of the sun is the wish of yours ever. Bushy `Grown Up.' Cynthia Westover Allen." Ink name of "Gabrielle Brooks Hoffman" on the front pastedown. Cynthia M. Westover Alden (1862-1931) was an American social worker and journalist whose energies in the latter half of her life focused on securing the welfare of blind infants and children. She was reared largely by her father, a geologist, in western mining camps, and she could shoot a rifle and ride a horse at an early age. This novel is semi-autobiographical in that it is based on that part of her life. She founded the International Sunshine Society. Small 8vo., pictorial red cloth, stamped in white; 318 pages. Illustrated by J.A. Walker. With 32 plates and ad for Bushy poster at the end of the book.. Very Good (some edgewear covers & corners, with some stamping on spine rubbed; contents clean & tight).