Derry, Joseph T. History of the United States, for Schools and Academies; With Maps and Illustrations. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1882. New Edition. [10549]
Black leather spine with titles and publisher's name in gilt, dark orange cloth boards bordered in black, black eagle on shield within title on front, shield device in blind on back. Front top right corner with a one inch nibble, spine ends frayed. 371 generally clean pp. with some infrequent light foxing, several two-page maps in colors, many text illustrations in black & white. Good. Hardcover.
This history begins in colonial times and ends with the death of President Garfield.
A history written by a former Confederate soldier, in which, in regards to the American Civil War, the "Lost Cause" sentiment is obvious.
Joseph Tyrone Derry (1841-1926), b. Milledgeville, Georgia; d. Jacksonville, Florida. Derry was a soldier in the Confederate Army, serving with Stonewall Jackson in Virginia and with Beauregard in Tennessee. He was captured twice: at Huntsville in1862, soon exchanged; and in 1864 at Kennesaw Mountain and imprisoned until the end of the war. A Methodist, he became professor of language at Wesleyan College in Augusta, Georgia.
