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<p>[QUOTE="Jon L, post: 4413082, member: 64167"]Jerry -if you're interested in American perspectives of the times, you might want to look at political campaign books. Pre radio/tv/internet, presidential campaigns gave out sappy glowing biographies of their presidential candidates. In the 19th century, these books served 2 purposes. One was to provide sugary profiles of the man's character and their political positions on the issues of the day. Second, as most of the country was illiterate, it provided an avenue for an uneducated to hand off the book "...I just finished this, thought you might might like it...." as a way of putting themself in a positive light. This is one of the (many) niches I collect - and its still cheap ($5-30) for most candidates (of either party) 1850-1900. Don't buy the first one you find, there's lots out there at wildly varying prices. Look around![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jon L, post: 4413082, member: 64167"]Jerry -if you're interested in American perspectives of the times, you might want to look at political campaign books. Pre radio/tv/internet, presidential campaigns gave out sappy glowing biographies of their presidential candidates. In the 19th century, these books served 2 purposes. One was to provide sugary profiles of the man's character and their political positions on the issues of the day. Second, as most of the country was illiterate, it provided an avenue for an uneducated to hand off the book "...I just finished this, thought you might might like it...." as a way of putting themself in a positive light. This is one of the (many) niches I collect - and its still cheap ($5-30) for most candidates (of either party) 1850-1900. Don't buy the first one you find, there's lots out there at wildly varying prices. Look around![/QUOTE]
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