Proud Mahaska, 1843-1900

Oskaloosa, IA: Herald Print, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 9 x 6 inches. 383, [last a blank] pp. Frontispiece photographic portraits of the author and her husband; text clean, unmarked, light foxing and toning. Cloth, gilt-stamped spine; binding square and but lightly shaken, shelf wear, corners bumped, small water spot on front board, covers soiled, edges foxed. WY617-131. Good. Semira Phillips was the first school teacher in Mahaska, Iowa, and as such shares many intimate stories of the people and activities in the small town over nearly 6 decades of the nineteenth century. Politics, national road building, the Civil War, apple butter boiling, her first glimpse of Iowa, organizing churches and schools; it's all here to learn. REFERENCE: Storm, Graff Collection, No. 3276. (Inventory #: WY617-131)