Question: Where can I find a copy of the following rare book?
The following book is very rare and important to my geneology research. I would like to find it first on loan and secondly to purchase. It would be great if it could be read on line! Ty in advance!
SCARCE FRANKLIN COUNTY ILLINOIS
We’re pleased to offer this historical / genealogical work which was originally published in 1920. This is an undated reproduction of:
FRANKLIN COUNTY ILLINOIS WAR HISTORY 1832 – 1919
Containing a Brief Review of the World War – Complete History of Franklin County’s Activities – Photographs and Service Records of Franklin County’s Soldiers, Sailors and Marines – Industrial and Biographical Review of Business and Professional Firms Who Have Made this History Possible.
Edited by Harry L. Frier. Compiled by S.S. Baird.
Originally published by Hal W. Trovillion of the Zeigler News and Herrin News for the Franklin County War History Society
Benton, West Frankfort, Christopher, Sesser, Royalton, Zeigler, Thompsonville
No publication information included for this reproduction. 8″ by 10 1/2″ hardcover (maroon buckram, gilt lettering on spine). 433 pages.
Many, many illustrations – war photos, service veterans, businesses, public officials, etc. Note: photos are reprint quality – somewhat faded.
CONTENTS:
Champions of freedom (pictorial and biographical)
Governor Frank O. Lowden
Illinois in the World War
Franklin County, Illinois, and how I came to know and love its people
Franklin County War History Society
Review of the World War
Historical summary of the World War
Principle battles of the World War
Statistical Report of Casualties and Financial Costs
The Franklin County Chapter American Red Cross
The Liberty Loan campaign
Women and the Liberty Loan
West Frankfort’sTuesday Art Club’s war activities
The Benton Woman’s Club war activities
Food administration
Franklin County local board
The Council of National Defense
Women’s Committee Council of National Defense
Service Record Work
Franklin County churches in war activities
Sesser Branch American Red Cross
How we got along when the boys went away
Franklin Countys war history
Historical sketch of Franklin County
The Black Hawk War
The Mexican War
The Civil War
Spanish-American War
Early history of Co. “F”
Roster of officers and enlisted men of Co. “F.” 4th Reg., Ill. Inf. National Guard, June 29th, 1916. Service on Mexican border
Initial muster of Company “F,” 4th Illinois Infantry. For the World War
Review of Company “F” in World War Service
Gold stars
Officers, Pictures and Records
Non-Commissioned officers and privates, pictures and records
Records of Soldiers without pictures
Names of other soliders
Awards to our heroes
Experience of a Franklin County soldier who was a war prisoner of the German army
Organization and development of Christopher Post No. 528. The American Legion
Earl Cowan Post No. 389. The American Legion. West Frankfort
Franklin Countys first World War military funeral
Miners war activities
Addition to Food Administration report
Table of contents
Index of soldiers
Index of industrial section
The industrial section, which is over 150 pages, contains a wealth of information about early businesses in the County – accompanied by lots of photos of business people and places. Many of the articles about various businesses also include an honor roll of employees who served in WWI. Here’s just a few of the companies and individuals which are featured in this book:
Old Ben Coal Corporation
Ben & Zoller Mining Co.
Stamper-Meyer Wholesale Grocery Company
J.V. Walker & Sons Clothing Company
Captain Elisha Dillon of Benton
William W. McFall of Benton
William D., William P. and Charles E. Seeber
Dimond Motor Sales Company
A.D. Jackson Saddlery Company
W.A. Kelly of West Frankfort
Zwick Mercantile Company
Opdyke’s Bakery
West Frankfort Amusement Company
The Zeigler News
Many, many more.
Condition: Some very light soiling on exterior page edges. Otherwise Very Good.
Of interest to collectors in the cities, towns, villages of the County which include Benton; Christopher; Orient; Sesser; West Frankfort; Zeigler; Buckner; Ewing; Freeman Spur; Hanaford; Macedonia; North City; Royalton; Thompsonville; Valier; West City.
Adjacent counties are Jefferson, Hamilton, Saline, Williamson, Jackson, Perry. Other nearby locales include McLeansboro, Johnston City, Herrin, Marion, Carterville, Du Quoin, Mt. Vernon, Harrisburg, etc.
Best answer:
Answer by Herschel
Several web sites offer online full-texts of books that are out of copyright, e.g. www.gutenberg.org.
However, aside from the copyright owner, which is almost always the author or their publisher, ANYONE who posts, distributes, or transmits the text of these books online is violating both the U.S. and the International Copyright laws, infringing on Intellectual Property, and can be fined and jailed for it. (In general, anything first published within the last 52 years in the U.S. will still be in copyright. When the law was changed, it became copyright duration matched the rest of the work, i.e. the author’s/copyright owner’s lifetime plus 50 years.)
Writers make a living by creating their work. To read or use it without paying for it, is STEALING, pure and simple.
If the work is valuable enough to read, it must be paid for.
This is especially true of audiobooks since they are “performance” pieces protected by their own (and thus newer) copyrights.
Aside from being sued, anyone involved can be arrested, jailed, and fined for violation of both U.S. and International copyright laws, as well as under all the new laws protecting “Intellectual Property”.
With ebooks, just as with hardcopies, a person buys that single copy, not the work, data, property, or text within. Those remain the property of the “copyright holder”. The copyright includes the right to copy, produce, manufacturer, transmit, distribute, and sell the work itself.
It’s like buying a mailing list. Someone can use the list to mail flyers to customers, but they cannot duplicate the list for re-sale or even give it away. The “property” belongs to someone else, and is considered theft of their work as much as if a person designs a new invention, patent it, and someone else steals their design, produces it, and sells it without them.
It’s amazing how much this simple law escapes questioners here.
As to purchasing it, you’ll find 2 copies as of today at www.abebooks.com
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