1.87.409
Book
1903
Story of an Ojibwa (Chippewa) Child. Material: paper. Size: 6" x 7 1/2". Description: brown hardcover with graphics of a Native American baby, tree stand and a beaver; red block printed title and author: The Childhood of Ji-shib the Ojibwa by Albert Ernest Jenks; contents: 130 numbered pages telling the "true" story of Ji-shib as he lives the events of his everyday life among his tribe; 64 pen sketches; hand-inscribed flyleaf "Master Emerson Ward, with love and best wishes from your Little friend, and well wishes, Mrs. Harry D. Clarke, Dec. 25th 1900".
A book given to 9 year old Emerson Ward (1894-1970) by Mrs. Harry D. Clarke (Clara Swenson) in 1903 as a Christmas gift.
The Childhood of Ji-shib, the Ojibwa
Albert Jenks
American Thresherman, Madison, Wisconsin