Calvert Usn Captain James (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Daugherty, James (illustrator). 1st Edition. Fine condition gold cloth boards with red front cover illustration and red spine lettering contained in a very good condition non price-clipped ($2.00) color illustrated dust jacket . The upper front jacket spine edge has a 3/4 inch repaired closed tear; the lower front jacket edge has a 1 inch repaired closed tear. (see photograhs). Profusely illustrated with both color and black-and-white drawings and color illustrated front and rear endpapers. "Every morning in almost every school in America a very important promise is made. It is called "The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag." Why is this promise important? What does it really mean? In this exciting book, Captain Calvert, in simple worlds, explains the meaning of each part and gives some history of our country and of our flag. And Mr. Daugherty recreates, in beautiful color pictures, high points of America's past and present." - from the inner front jacket flap.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First Edition. Octavo, 31 pages, tawny cloth A brief history of the Pledge of Allegiance, written by Calvert, who was the commander of the nuclear submarine division of the U. S. Navy, having captained the USS Skate, a nuclear sub which sailed twice to the North Pole. President Dwight Eisenhower signed the law in 1954 which added the words, "under God", to the Pledge. Daugherty's final picture depicts Eisenhower and his new successor as President, John F. Kennedy. Daugherty's work integrates a heroic style, typical of his work on murals, with the bright colors of syncrhomism.