50 GREAT AMERICANS, THEIR INSPIRING LIVES AND ACHIEVEMENTS by Thomas, Henry & Dana Lee Thomas - - Garden City Doubleday C 1948. Hardcover. 468pp. Bright blue and red cloth binding. Top edge red. Fore-edge untrimmed. Biography. Reference. Brief biographies, each followed by a list of important dates in that person's life. Franklin, Washingtn, Revere, Boone, Paine, Poe, Lincoln, Carnegie, Ford, Carver, Steinmetz, Wright, etc. , etc. Dust Jacket show wear.