The Story of the Liberty Bell by Wayne Whipple
date: label: Date made
content: 1910
name: label: maker
content: Altemus and Company
notes: label: Description
content: <i>The Story of the Liberty Bell</i>, published in 1910, is much more than the story of the celebrated Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. Rather, it is a short, historical narrative of the struggle for liberty in many eras and countries. It begins with the Biblical story of the Jewish people's flight from Egypt and continues with the Irish, Swiss, and other popular uprisings in European history. It devotes many pages to the search for religious liberty by focusing on the efforts of the Puritans, Martin Luther, and Joan of Arc, among others. The last half of the book describes the discovery, colonization and growth of America from the Puritans through the American Revolutionary War. The final chapter of the book is devoted to the popular history of the Liberty Bell itself. The author's optimistic tone provides a simplistic view of the heroic march toward freedoms in the Western world. In keeping with the socio-political norms of the pre-World War I era, European colonization and treatment of Third World nations is in not mentioned nor are the complexities of history, with little mention of the struggles for equality being fought by women, and people of color in the 19th Century and contemprary to the book's publication.
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content: There are many black and white illustrations and one color image of celebrated historical events and figures. The front cover features a colorful illustrations of Americans celebrating in front of Independence Hall. The appendix contains ads for similar works by the author. It is 124 pages in length.
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content: Primary author and editor Wayne Wipple (1856-1942) specialized in popular books and articles on historical American figures, such as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Abraham Lincoln. His other publications include <i>The Story of the American Flag</i> and <i>The Story of the White House</i>.
label: Description
content: Henry Altemus Company (1842-1936) was a popular and prolific Philadelphia, Pennsylvania publisher which started as a bookbinder and evolved into a publisher of juvenile series books, religious and moralistic books, bibles, fairy tales, and photo albums. After the death of his father Joseph in 1853, Henry took over the business. By the 1860s, it was one of the largest bookbinders in the United States. In 1889, Altemus began publishing non-religious, inspirational books. Altemus thrived by publishing an increasing number of inexpensive reprints of leading American and British authors. In 1909, the juvenile series for both boys and girls was introduced. These extremely popular books were published into the 1930s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: associated subject
content: History
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content: Home and Community Life: Education
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.3127.38
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content: 2014.3127
label: catalog number
content: 2014.3127.38
objectType: label: Object Name
content: book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 3/4 in x 6 1/2 in x 1/2 in; 22.225 cm x 16.51 cm x 1.27 cm