Arizona the Youngest State By: James H. McClintock 1916

S. J. Clark Publishing Company, 1916. Arizona the Youngest State: The Nation s Youngest Commonwealth Within a Land of Ancient Culture by James H. McClintock Condition: VG Published in 1916 by S. J. Clark Publishing Company in Chicago. First edition. 3 volumes. In original 1/2 black morocco over green pebble cloth. Gilt fleur-de-lis, lettering and band bordering on spine. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Thick quartos. 10.5 x 7 5/8 . pp. x, 312; vii, 321; 961. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographic plates and woodcuts. Collated and complete. Ex-library. James Harvey McClintock (February 23, 1864 May 10, 1934) was an American teacher, journalist, volunteer cavalry officer in Roosevelt's Rough Riders, civil servant, radio broadcaster, author and historian. He arrived in Arizona in June, 1879, on one of the first passenger trains into Maricopa. He located in Phoenix, having come to the territory to join his brother, Charles E. McClintock, then engaged in the publication of the Phoenix Herald and soon thereafter took part in the first republican organization known in Phoenix. Since that time he was since been connected with many papers published in the state, in Phoenix, Prescott, Globe, Tempe and Tucson. While residing in Tempe, when but twenty two years of age, he was made justice of the peace and at the same time was engaged in the publication of a paper and in the operation of a farm. For years he was a member of the board of directors of the normal schools of Arizona. Condition Report: VERY GOOD Square spine, library reinforced hinges. Dry, flaky…