1928, The Growth of a Nation the United States of America, by Barker, Eugene; W. E. Dodd; W.P. Webb

Book Description: Row, Peterson & Company, New York, 1928. Brown Cloth board. 5.75" x 8.25" tall, 687 pp with appendix and index at rear. First Edition. With many Color and black and white Illustrations and maps. Book Condition: Binding is tight, pages are clean with just a few pencil marks here and there. Cover has chips and some soiling, pages have some foxing. Over all Good+ for it's age.

A Review on this book from the time: Following letter to Dobie from the publisher on their letterhead:"Mr. J. Frank Dobie, Austin, Texas, Dear Sir, You may know some one who is interested in the enclosed form letter we are sending out. If so will you please hand it to them? No doubt you heard that 'the Growth of a Nation' was adopted for Texas a few weeks ago. We are certainly indebted to you for the assistance you gave us. That Dallas News review made a favorable impression all over Texas. Wtih best wishes, I am, very cordially yours, Paul W. Barnett, Texas Representative, Row, Peterson." Dobie's review calls this textbook "the first history of the United States in which that part of the country west of the Mississippi.has been equally recognized as constituting an important part of this Nation." It pleased Dobie that this history included the importance of the Chisholm Trail, Circuit Riding Preachers, cowboys, packeries, and rangers as well as the social and economic causes of the Mexican War. A remarkable item that without Dobie might not have been the textbook for a generation of Texans.