Author: WRIGHT, LOUISE C.
Title: Story Plays
Description: New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1925. First Edition (?). Second Printing; Hardcover. B&W Photographs; 6 1/4 x 9 1/4; 127 pages; 1925 second printing. Hard cover is green cloth with a b/w pastedown on the front. Cover has light bumping, rubbing, shelf wear. A previous owner's name neatly written on front end page. Pages are clean and tight, appears as if unused. Illustrated with some b/w photographs. A BLAST from the PAST, about how physical education was regarded and taught in first half of 20th century America. "The child's imagination and experience have been used as a basis for the building of many of these plays, at the same time providing the kinds of exercise necessary to secure the best physical results..." 2 indices.. Very Good+ .

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