First up is The Story of the Liberty Bell (1965, Natalie Miller, illustrated by Betsy Warren), from the Children's Press Cornerstones of Freedom series. Check out the great cover art:
Here's the title page and an interior illustration:
Next up, my personal favorite, Yankee Doodle (1965, by Dr. Richard Shackburg, with woodcut illustrations by Ed Emberley). I previously posted about Emberley's instructional drawing books (which I would check out continuously from my grade school library). His woodcut illustrations, which accompany the complete lyrics to "Yankee Doodle Dandy" along with historical facts about the song, are exceptional. Here's a few.
Finally, an ex-library copy of a Follett Beginning Social Studies book that looks like it got a lot of mileage...Paul Revere (1965, Gladys R. Saxon, illustrations by Jo Kotula). Below are pages illustrating the Boston Tea Party, the famous midnight ride of Paul Revere, and the opening salvos of the Revolutionary War.
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I love your blog. I see there is no way to follow it, unless I'm missing something. I'll just keep it on live bookmarks. :D
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This reminds me of when they would show Johnny Tremain from Disney in school, all of our crew dug it cause this guy got his hand horribly burned in ...what was it lead or silver....
Ormon: Johnny Tremain had the same effect on me--he does get his hand melted by some molten pewter, and without an ounce of sympathy from the adults around him!
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