THE OPEN DOOR TO INDEPENDENCE. MAKING MONEY FROM THE SOIL WHAT TO DO--HOW TO DO ON CITY LOTS SUBURBAN GROUNDS COUNTRY FARMS

Published by Hill Standard Book Company, Chicago, 1915

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Thick 4to. [6]1-448p. Frontispiece black and white captioned photo of the author. Profusely illustrated with black and white captioned drawings +40 full-page, full-color plates throughout. Index. Greene cloth blocked and littered in black with gilt letters on the front cover and the spine, and with an elaborate gilt framed cartouche on the cover in the Arts & Crafts Style with a vignette in green and black of a typical American landscape scene. Just touches of wear to the extremities, covers clean and bright, spine gilt slightly told, cover gilt bright, all color plates in fine condition, previous owner's bookplate on front paste down (Grant C. Braman), else near fine to fine with no internal markings. No dust jacket. Additional title page title: "Together with Outline Maps of All Parts of the United States, Irrigated Regions, Climates, Cities, Villages, Market Towns, Locations and Populations." The volume also includes the following sections: How to Fertilize Soil; Obtaining Food and Support; and How to Care for Domestic Animals. Thomas Edie Hill [1832-1915], publisher and entrepreneur, produce a number of successful reference works under the imprint of the Hill Standard Book Company, enabling him to speculate in various land developments adjoining Chicago. He founded and was the first mayor of Aurora, Illinois, and established the hotel and spot in his development Glen Ellyn. Hill was a friend of the radical publisher Charles H. Kerr, who issued Hill's 1894 book Money Found, a proposal to nationalize the country's banks. The Open Door to Independence identified itself with the "back to the land" movement of the early 20th century: "' back to the land' does not necessarily mean removing from one location to another, but rather the utilization of land wherever you are."(Preface) this book is a veritable mine of information about land management, farming, farm products, the raising of all kinds of crops, as well as agriculture in general. The color plates comprise various stunning images of fruits and vegetables cultivated in various cartons. Most all you need to know about farming in 1950.…

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Title
THE OPEN DOOR TO INDEPENDENCE. MAKING MONEY FROM THE SOIL WHAT TO DO--HOW TO DO ON CITY LOTS SUBURBAN GROUNDS COUNTRY FARMS
Author
Hill, Thomas E. [Thomas Edie, 1832-1915]
Publisher
Hill Standard Book Company, Chicago
Publication year
1915
Condition
Near Fine
Dust jacket
No Jacket
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1st Edition

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