The Boston Tea Party - 1882
5/28/2023 I love these colorful images about this historic revolutionary event, published in 1882. The illustrator and author each came from "society" and the author, in particular, had a history of publishing children's stories and bible-themed books. Ron Gibbs (@rgibbs), I think you will like this.Tom Paper (@tomadmin), 5/21/2023The book "The Boston Tea Party, December 1773" was published in 1882 by Dodd, Mead & Company12345. It was written by Josephine Pollard and illustrated by H.W. McVickar12645. The book is an account of the Boston Tea Party, a political protest that occurred in 1773 in which American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing "taxation without representation," dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the Atlantic Ocean12. The book is written in verse and contains thirty color lithographic plates5.Harry Whitney McVickar (1860-1905) was an American artist, illustrator, and real estate investor who was a prominent member of New York society during the Gilded Age12. He illustrated several books, including "The Boston Tea Party, December 1773" written by Josephine Pollard34561.Josephine Pollard (1834-1892) was an American author, hymn writer, and poet1. She wrote "The Boston Tea Party, December 1773," a book about the political protest that occurred in 1773 in which American colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into the Atlantic Ocean234. The book is written in verse and illustrated by H.W. McVickar234.Josephine Pollard was a prolific writer who mainly wrote for juvenile readers. She wrote original fairy tales, verses, natural histories, Bible stories, biographies, and histories. She also wrote several volumes of poetry, including Coeducation (1883), a rhymed tract promoting equal rights for women. Pollard's most inventive contribution to the field of juvenile literature was a series of books consisting almost entirely of words of one syllable. The few polysyllabic words are divided into syllables to help the young reader. The series includes The History of the United States (1884), Our Hero, General U.S. Grant (1885), and A Child's Life of Washington (1887). She also worked as an editor for the Sunday School Times and worked for the Methodist Book Concern, where she edited a magazine intended for African Americans. Pollard published over a hundred hymns and wrote numerous popular children's books mostly on religious and historical topics123456.Source: Perplexity.aikeyword: memorabilia
