The story of a great nation :
Shea, John Gilmary, 1824-1892.
The story of a great nation : Or, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil / by John Gilmary Shea, LL. D., to which is added, a biographical portrait gallery of her great leaders ... Also our presidents, their portraits and autographs, with biographical sketches and a chronological table, showing the great events in universal history, contemporary with each administration, with a description of our national government, and how it is administered in its various departments. Illustrated with several hundred engravings, including over 350 portraits. - New York : Gay brothers & company, [c1891]. - xx, [135], iv, [101]-997 p. : incl. illus., ports., facsims. front., plates. ; 25 cm.
Plates printed on both sides.
United States--History.
United States--Biography.
The story of a great nation : Or, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil / by John Gilmary Shea, LL. D., to which is added, a biographical portrait gallery of her great leaders ... Also our presidents, their portraits and autographs, with biographical sketches and a chronological table, showing the great events in universal history, contemporary with each administration, with a description of our national government, and how it is administered in its various departments. Illustrated with several hundred engravings, including over 350 portraits. - New York : Gay brothers & company, [c1891]. - xx, [135], iv, [101]-997 p. : incl. illus., ports., facsims. front., plates. ; 25 cm.
Plates printed on both sides.
United States--History.
United States--Biography.