Minn of the Mississippi by: Holling Clancy Holling
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1951, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, unclipped with $3.00 on flap. The history of the Mississippi River Valley is told through the adventures of Minn, a snapping turtle, as she travels hundreds of miles downstream. As with all Holling books, it is lushly illustrated, containing many full-page color paintings, text pages that are also illustrated with black-and-white pen-and-ink drawings, and with explanatory captions in the margins. First published in Date: 1951, it received the Newbery Honor award the following year. Small ownership sticker to front fly leaf, otherwise clean and bright.