I’ve collected a few high school history books from back before they changed it.
We have a lot of our old HS history, English, etc books...as BOTH of our mom’s were book hoarders, I mean SAVERS!
I also have my grade school readers. Love those books.
Also, and the one I truly value, is an old set of encyclopedias....from pre-70’s. You can find REAL history in those volumes.
That’s an idea! Not sure where to find them...maybe Goodwill? I know a lot of used book stores won’t take old textbooks, but maybe they would old old textbooks for their historical value.
But, you made me remember that at one time I wanted to get a set of McGuffey Readers, the textbooks used in the one-room schoolhouses-really, they were used until mid-20th century. I did a quick google search for a set, but discovered that at least one volume is available for free on Project Gutenberg.
Y’all if you’ve never used or heard of Project Gutenberg, you need to do so! They have free electronic copies of books in the public domain. You do not need to register to use it; they operate solely on donation. They have over 60,000 titles (including Sherlock Holmes!). I learned of them years ago but had kind of forgotten about them.
Right now I see The Writings of Thomas Paine: The American Crisis; The Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson; books by Mark Twain and Stephen Crane; a grammar school literature book with readings such as Washington’s Farewell Address and the Gettysburg Address by Lincoln...all FREE!
“I’ve collected a few high school history books from back before they changed it.”
Smart idea!
When civilization comes back, you’ll be our school marm.
In the 80s the public libraries dumped ALL their old history books.