Playmates in America [Play Mates]

x, 141 pp. A collection of lighthearted verse relating the history of the United States from the time of Columbus through the early 20th century, with illustrations by Elsa Alison Hartman. Includes poems on numerous events and topics, including why the earth is round, European exploration and colonies, the first Thanksgiving, various conflicts and wars, the founding fathers' roles in the American Revolution, the causes and events of the American Civil War, Lincoln's assassination, the Ku Klux Klan, statehood of Alaska and Hawaii, etc.