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1956 Hannah Fowler Janice Holt Giles HC Houghton Mifflin Kentucky Frontier Novel. This copy featuresoriginal tan textured boards with green lettering and design from the 1950s Houghton Mifflin issue. ✍️Author: Janice Holt Giles. Janice Holt Giles hardcover. 📚Title: Hannah Fowler. Step back onto the Kentucky frontier of the late 1700s with this vintage 1956 hardcover of “Hannah Fowler” by Janice Holt Giles. Part of her beloved Kentucky/Kentuckians trilogy, this novel follows a strong pioneer woman and her family through danger, hardship, and hard-won hope.Wikipedia +1 This copy features original tan textured boards with green lettering and design from the 1950s Houghton Mifflin issue. The binding is still solid and the pages are all present and readable, making it a great vintage reading copy or starter piece for a Janice Holt Giles collection. Please note: no dust jacket is included, and the book shows expected cosmetic wear for its age (edge wear to boards, spine-end rubbing, and age-toned pages), plus a small handwritten number on the half-title page. See photos for close-ups of condition. Item specifics (bullet style with emojis) 📚 Title: Hannah Fowler ✍️ Author: Janice Holt Giles 🗓️ Publication year: 1956 (copyright) 🏢 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston 📖 Format: Hardcover, tan textured boards, green lettering 🧾 Dust jacket: Not included 📏 Approx. pages: 219 (complete)eBay +1 🧭 Setting: Kentucky frontier, late 18th century 📚 Series: Kentucky / Kentuckians trilogy, book 2Wikipedia +1 🌎 Language: English 🇺🇸 Printed in: U.S.A. 🧺 Vintage: Yes – mid-century 1956 printing 🚫 Ex-library: No obvious library markings 📝 Notable marks: Small handwritten number on half-title page Condition Good vintage condition. Boards show corner and spine-end wear with some rubbing and small nicks; no dust jacket. Pages are uniformly age-toned with some light foxing spots but remain clean and readable; binding is intact and secure with no loose pages. Small handwritten inventory-style number on the half-title page. Overall, a solid and attractive reading copy of this 1956 frontier classic. Additional details This is an appealing mid-century copy for fans of historical frontier fiction, collectors of Janice Holt Giles, or anyone building a vintage Americana bookshelf. Displays nicely with its simple tan-and-green 1950s design and offers the full text in a sturdy original hardcover. Seller’s note: The book shown in the photos is the exact copy you will receive. Colors may vary slightly due to lighting and screens. Carefully packed (boxed, not bagged) and shipped with tracking from a smoke-free home. Keywords Hannah Fowler book 1956 Janice Holt Giles hardcover Kentuckians series Kentucky trilogy Houghton Mifflin vintage novel Kentucky frontier historical fiction 1950s midcentury literature HC pioneer woman homesteading story American frontier collectible book no dust jacket reading copy vintage historical romance adventure