Author: (JO DAVIESS COUNTY -- WORLD WAR ONE)
Title: Jo Daviess County Honor Roll: An Illustrated Historical Biography Compiled from Private Authentic Records
Description: Galena, IL, M.J. & A.J. Weber, n.y. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt front board lettering. 224pp, 93pp ads. Numerous illustrations, advertisements, green decorative endpapers. Very good. Mildly edgeworn only. Tight and attractive probable sole edition of this memorial yearbook of World War I veterans from Jo Daviess county in northwestern Illinois. Of special interest is a sharp WW1-era real photo postcard tipped to front flyleaf showing an unidentified young man in suit and overcoat and distinctive checkered cap standing in the snow -- and on page 189 the very same young man in the same outfit stands in a large group photo captioned "Jo Daviess County Boys Who Departed For Camp Grant February 27, 1918." Unique copy of a volume exceptionally difficult to find in acceptable condition -- scotch-taped hinges and duck-taped spine are the norm. This is a scarce clean, tight-hinged copy with intriguing addition from the period. .

Keywords: Illinois & Midwest Military History


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