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Dick Boldhero : or, A tale of adventures in South America

Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 · 1845 · Philadelphia : Sorin and Ball · 27 pictures

Dick Boldhero is a children's adventure story published in Philadelphia in 1845 by Sorin and Ball, written by Samuel G. Goodrich for young American readers. Its small wood engravings show a jungle clearing with a monkey in a tree, tropical plants with large blossoms, feathered headdress figures, and grazing goats by a pool, offering a designer rustic, tropical scenic motifs with a naive, storybook quality.

Children's stories, American

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