Little Indian by David Cory
date: label: date made
content: 1922
name: label: maker
content: Saalfield Publishing Co.
notes: label: Description
content: This book is volume one of the "Little Indian Series." The coming of age adventure story of a North American Indian boy, it reflects the ethnic and paternalistic stereotypes of the early 20th Century. For example, the preface notes: "The Indian holds with steadfastness and devotion to his many and weird ceremonies, but these all lead him back to the supreme, piloting force of his life, his unfailing faith in the Great Mystery." When published, it contained four black and white illustrations of nature scenes featuring owls, hawks, and geese. However, a number of pages and two of the illustrations are missing. The front cover contains a depiction of an Indian brave on horseback hunting a buffalo. He was drawn with dark red skin. The inside front cover page bears the youthful signature of a Mary Ellen Dunbar. It is 120 pages in length.
label: Description
content: Author David Cory (1872-1966) was an American poet and author of children's stories, among them the "Little Indian Series" and the daily "Jack Rabbit" stories, which were syndicated in newspapers for 40 years. He was also a pioneer of radio broadcasting, working for WZJ in Newark, New Jersey.
label: Description
content: The Saalfield Publishing Company published children's books and educational toys and games from 1900 to 1977. It was once one of the largest publishers of children's materials in the world. The company was founded in 1900 in Akron, Ohio, by Arthur J. Saalfield (1863-1919). During its heyday, the company published the works of such authors as Louisa May Alcott, Horatio Alger, P. T. Barnum, Daniel Defoe, Herman Melville, and Mark Twain. In 1977, Saalfield Publishing Company shut down, and its library and archives were purchased by Kent State University.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Akron
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content: Home and Community Life: Education
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.3049.78
label: nonaccession number
content: 2017.3049
label: catalog number
content: 2017.3049.78
objectType: label: Object Name
content: book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/4 in x 4 1/2 in x 1/2 in; 17.145 cm x 11.43 cm x 1.27 cm