Author: [Barrow, Sarah L.].
Title: Red, White, and Blue Socks. Part Second. Being the Second Book of the Series. By "Aunt Fanny's" Daughter, the Author of "the Little White Angel.
Description: New York: Leavitt & Allen, 1863. 1863. - Sextodecimo, 6-1/2 inches high by 4-7/8 inches wide. Brown cloth titled and decorated in gilt on the spine with the vignette of a sock framed by decorated borders in blind on the covers. There is wear to the head of the spine and a few small stains to the front cover. 130 pages, illustrated with a frontispiece and a full-page plate by James H. Richardson. Very good. From the series "The Sock Stories, by 'Aunt Fanny's' Daughter". A juvenile Civil War fiction novel about a group of boys playing soldiers, calling themselves the "Dashahed Zouaves". The playful frontispiece, titled "Bull Run", depicts a bull chasing the child soldiers. Born in 1842, Sarah Barrow Holly wrote and created books with her mother. Known as Sarah Barrow when she wrote this book, she subsequently married an architect named Holly in 1865. Very good .

Keywords: CHILDREN'S BOOK; ILLUSTRATED; SARAH L. BARROW; RED, WHITE, AND BLUE SOCKS; PART SECOND; BEING THE SECOND BOOK OF THE SERIES; BY "AUNT FANNY'S" DAUGHTER; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; JAMES H. RICHARDSON; ILLUSTRATIONS; WOMEN AUTHORS;


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