Tree in the Trail

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1942. Holling Clancy HOLLING. [JUVENILE]. Holling Clancy HOLLING, illustrator.
Map: Indian Tribes of the Southeastern Woodlands
First edition, later printing. 4to; [60]pp; green buckram over board, title and illustration of a windswept tree stamped in navy on the front; b&w pictorial eps, poem on ffep; gift inscription "Xmas 1957" on front pastedown; color pictorial title page lacking the publication date; 26 full page color illustrations with a numbered chapter of text on the opposing page; two page color map at end; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket with a price of $3.00 on the front flap and a publisher's ad for Paddle-to-the-Sea on rear panel, light chipping to upper edge and rubbing to spine; fine in very good plus dj. One of the wonderful children's books written and illustrated by Holling Clancy Holling [Holling Allison Clancy] (1900-1973). This one explores the westward expansion of settlers through land owned by Native Americans.