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Books published by publisher JOHN C. WINSTON CO.

  • Happy little family

    Rebecca Caudill

    Hardcover (J. C. Winston Co, July 6, 1947)
    Vintage children's book
  • Nimbo ... The Little White Cloud That Turned Black

    Stanley Washburn Jr., Clara Jo Stember

    Hardcover (The John C. Winston Company, March 15, 1954)
    None
  • Helen Ford

    Horatio Alger Jr, AlwaysWrite Ent

    eBook (The John C. Winston Co., Nov. 14, 2013)
    Horatio Alger Jr.(1832 – 1899), wrote over 100 poems, short stories, and novels during his lifetime, including four adult novels and one adult novella. He gained notoriety when his friendship with ‘William Taylor Adams’, a boys’ author, changed Horatio’s interest to writing for the juvenile market. Alger devoted his writing to his ‘formula, rags-to-riches’ books for boys.‘Helen Ford’ (aka A Child of Fortune) was one of the author’s few adult novels, and one of only two stories which had a female heroine (the other being Tattered Tom; the Story of a Street Arab). Although Alger’s adult novels were not as well received as his ‘boys’ books’, Helen Ford is a charming tale of a 14 year old girl who supports her widowed father (an absent-minded inventor) by singing in a variety show. Through a series of misadventures, lies, and deliberate deceit on the part of a cousin, Helen’s father has been kept estranged from his own wealthy father. Eventually, they are reunited and welcomed back into the family by Helen’s grandfather.Further information on this prolific author will be found in the introduction provided by AlwaysWrite Ent. Although many of the books offered by AlwaysWrite Ent. are provided exactly as the author presented them in their original format, all works have been entered, and edited by hand, and not merely scanned. They have been spell-checked, and punctuation corrected where necessary.
  • THE STORY BOOK OF FOOD

    Maud & Miska: Petersham, Maud and Miska Petersham

    Hardcover (John C, Winston Co., March 15, 1933)
    None
  • At Play

    Gertrude & Others Hildreth, Corinne Pauli Waterall

    Hardcover (John C. Winston, Jan. 1, 1947)
    Old beginning reader / primary school textbook.
  • The Story Book of Things We Wear

    Maud Petersham, Miska Petersham

    Hardcover (John C. Winston, March 15, 1939)
    This book tells the history of Wool, Cotton, Silk, and Rayon and how these products are made into things people wear. It explains where these products come from,how they are and were produced into fabrics so they could be used productively. It has beautiful illustrations as well. The publisher is the John C. Winston Company out of Chicago, Philadelphia and Toronto. The copyright is 1939. It is a hardcover.
  • The Story Book of Clothes

    Maud Petersham, Miska Petersham

    Hardcover (John C. Winston Company, March 15, 1933)
    Using beautiful color lithographs, The Story of Clothes gives the reader an interesting history of different materials and textiles that have been used to make clothing throughout history. Examples include: Fur, Bark, Grass, Wool, Silk, Cotton and more. Geared toward the elementary reader, this beautiful book will be of interest to readers of all ages.
  • The Story Book of Earth's Treasures

    Maud Petersham, Miska Petersham, In Color by the Authors

    Hardcover (The John C. Winston Co, March 15, 1935)
    Here are 4 stories for young people about our Earth's Treasures. The origins of each of these treasures are shown (how they came to be in our Earth), then Man's discovery and use of these treasures throughout the ages are shown. Colorfully illustrated and engagingly written by the award winning Petershams!
  • Silver Chief, dog of the north,

    Jack O'Brien

    Hardcover (J.C. Winston Co, March 15, 1933)
    Dust jacket notes: "...Silver Chief, son of a husky and of a wolf, by good fortune, falls into the hands of Jim Thorpe of the Canadian Mounted Police for taming and training. There are many half-dog-half-wolf creatures in the far northern wilds, but most of them yield to the call of the wolf blood in their veins and join some hunting pack in the shadowy forest fastnesses. Silver Chief, however, found friendship and understanding with Thorpe, and under the man's wise tutelage he grew into an intelligent and mighty dog deserving of his proud name. The account of the many adventures of the beautiful silver gray husky and his adored master in the Canadian barrens is a stirring story of matter-of-fact daily heroism plus the romantic lure of life as it is lived under the flickering Northern Lights."
  • Mists of Dawn

    Chad Oliver, Alex Schomburg

    Hardcover (John C. Winston, March 15, 1952)
    A fairly scarce sci-fi title. Inside boards and end pages contain pretty cool pictures of flying fish, ray guns, space men, and bug-eyed monsters.
  • Dickens' stories about children,

    Charles Dickens, Clara M. Burd, Elizabeth Lodor Merchant

    Hardcover (The John C. Winston company, March 15, 1929)
    "Dickens' Stories About Children" was written by Dickens and published in 1909 and contains re-tellings and new stories based upon popular characters in his novels: Tiny Tim, Little Dorrit, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and more. This edition contains 21 illustrations and images.
  • Only an Irish Boy or Andy Burke's Fortunes and Misfortunes

    Horatio. Jr. Alger

    Hardcover (John C. Winston Co., Sept. 3, 1894)
    None