GALLIPOLIS; BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE FRENCH FIVE HUNDRED AND OF THE TOWN THEY ESTABLISHED ON LA BELLE RIVIERE. [Ohio WPA - American Guide Series.]

Compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Ohio. Myron Flechtner (author). William Mark Young (illustrator). [WPA - Federal Writers' Project.]

Published by Gallipolis, OH: Downtain Printing Company [WPA - Work Projects Administration.], 1940.

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First edition (not stated). 48 pages plus covers. Staple-bound booklet: H 22.75cm x L 15.25cm. Blue paper covers; pictorial front cover; minor nick at spine heel; mild bumping and slight toning along cover edges. A very good+ copy. Sponsored by The Federal Commission and the local committee for the Gallipolis Sesquicentennial Celebration. Prefatory Note by Harry Graff, State Supervisor, The Ohio Writers' Project in which authorship is credited to Myron Flechtner and editing to R.D. Sims and E.M. Hawes. Includes six "Drawings of Early Gallipolis" by William Mark Young; four pages of b/w photographs; Sources (bibliography). Gallipolis, the third oldest settlement in Ohio, was settled by refugees from the French Revolution. The pamphlet reviews the town's early history and famous citizens. {Bibliographical references: Powell 1238; Scharf & Schoyer Catalogue 491; September 1941 WPA Writers' Program Publications catalogue-page 35.} Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: GALLIPOLIS; BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE FRENCH FIVE HUNDRED AND OF THE TOWN THEY ESTABLISHED ON LA BELLE RIVIERE. [Ohio WPA - American Guide Series.]
• Publisher: Gallipolis, OH: Downtain Printing Company [WPA - Work Projects Administration.], 1940.
• Edition: 1st Edition
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