Book: The Home Afloat (or the Boy Trappers of the Hackensack)

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"The Home Afloat or The Boy Trappers of the Hackensack"

Local life on and by the Hackensack River about 140 years ago:

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or just search eBay item number: 130145900004   
   
It's written for the younger reader, but adults will find it interesting too............well, at least I did. It's a good deal for a buck (current price).

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The cover of this book - which was copyrighted in 1908 - is usually red. I have one of those and also an identical one in blue. When you open it up, the writer's signature is there:

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"The Home Afloat; Or, the Boy Trappers of the Hackensack" book - NEW version


When you can find an original copy of this hardcover book from 1908, you can get it for under $20..........maybe under $10.

Now comes an Australian guy on eBay, selling a newly-published (2009) PAPERBACK version that "...has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text" and he's starting the bidding for this gem at over $40!

G'luck, mate............you'll need it!



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Description:

The Home Afloat or The Boy Trappers of The Hackensack, by Thomas Townsend, 1908, published by Athenia Publishing Co., Athenia, NJ, 313 pages, inscription on endpaper.    Wear to spine (has been taped), corners, and top and bottom of spine.  Water stain at bottom of rear cover, hinges cracked, rear endpaper taped.



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