They Were Strong and Good
by Robert Lawson
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Very good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 1940. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Winner of the 1940 Caldecott Medal. Written and illustrated by Lawson. Third printing (1941). A very good copy (some staining to a few pages), else very good in a very good dust jacket with typical chips and tears along the edges. This copy is inscribed by Lawson, "Best wishes to Mrs Evans from another Scot. Robert Lawson." The jacket has the distinctive gold Caldecott Medal sticker affixed to the cover.
Synopsis
They Were Strong and Good is a book by Robert Lawson that won the Caldecott Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1941. It tells the story of Lawson's family: where they came from, how they met, what they did, where they lived. "None of them," Lawson says in the preface, speaking of his ancestors, "were great or famous, but they were strong and good."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Downtown Brown Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 74256
- Title
- They Were Strong and Good
- Author
- Robert Lawson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Bookseller catalogs
- CHILDREN'S BOOKS;
Terms of Sale
Downtown Brown Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
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