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Issue: Classics Illustrated Special Issue #144A
Publication Date: June 1958
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Issues: #144A of 16 Issues (18 Printings)
Title: Blazing the Trails West
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagGilberton
Brand: Classics IllustratedView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Gilberton Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 1958
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Roberta Strauss
Disclose Notes: "Mr. Sylvester Vigilante, Historical Consultant. Mr. Vigilante is the Bibliographer of the New-York Historical Society. He is the retired head of the American History Room of the New York Public Library."
"Meyer A. Kaplan, Executive Editor"
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: 7" w x 10 1/4" h
Paper Stock: glossy cover, newsprint interior
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
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Genres: educational, non-fiction, western
Synopsis: Frontiersman or mountain man with Native American wielding bow
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Contents

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Synopsis: Table of Contents, indicia
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Blazing the Trails West

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Penciller(s): George Evans
Inker(s): George Evans
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Synopsis: Splash page
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Gold, Fur, and Freedom

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Genres: educational, non-fiction, western
Character(s): Cabeza de Vaca; Francisco de Coronado; Robert de la Salle; Daniel Boone (cameo)
Synopsis: Summary of the European invasion of North America, from 1519 to the 1760s.
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Daniel Boone

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Character(s): Daniel Boone; James Boone; Jemima Boone; Chief Blackfish; Rebecca Boone; Israel Boone
Synopsis: Life of Daniel Boone, from birth to old age.
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The Lewis and Clark Expedition

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Genres: educational, non-fiction, western
Character(s): Meriwether Lewis; William Clark; Sacagawea; Thomas Jefferson
Synopsis: Guided by Sacagawea, Lewis and Clark lead their expedition from St. Louis to the Pacific and back.
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The Santa Fe Trail

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Genres: educational, non-fiction, western
Character(s): Zebulon Pike
Synopsis: Zebulon Pike and others illegally enter Spanish New Mexico, eventually creating the Santa Fe Trail.
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Fur and Mountains

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Character(s): Jonathan Thorn; William H. Ashley
Synopsis: Ashley and others set up fur trading systems across the American west, and establish the Great Mountain Rendezvous.
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Kit Carson

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Character(s): Kit Carson; Charles Bent; Grass Singing; John C. Fremont
Synopsis: Early life of Kit Carson... youth, expeditions in the west, marriage, widowhood... until joining a Fremont expedition.
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Texas and the Alamo

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Genres: educational, non-fiction, western
Character(s): Stephen Austin; Sam Houston; Jim Bowie; Davy Crockett; William Travis; Santa Anna
Synopsis: Establishment of U.S. settlements in Texas; conflicts with Mexican government; revolt of 1835 (Texas War of Independence); fall of the Alamo; Battle of San Jacinto; independence of Texas
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The Mexican War

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Genres: educational, non-fiction, western
Character(s): Santa Anna; Zachary Taylor; James K. Polk; Stephen Kearny; Kit Carson
Synopsis: U.S. annexation of Texas provokes war with Mexico, largely led by Zachary Taylor. Stephen Kearny seizes New Mexico then, with Kit Carson and others, moves on California. The United States now stretches from Atlantic to Pacific.
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End of an Empire

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Genres: educational, non-fiction
Synopsis: Description of Aztec life, and the coming of conquistadors.
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Frontier Fun

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Synopsis: Description of house raisings, camp meetings, bees, dances, and other activities of life on the American frontier.
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Special Introductory Offer

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Synopsis: Promo for back copies of "Classics Illustrated Special Issue"
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Disclose Notes: "Each thrilling issue contains over 400 beautiful, exciting illustrations in glorious full color... each has been endorsed by educators as well as by civic and religious leaders."
Order coupon; black-and-white illustrations of five covers
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Character(s): Julius Caesar
First Line: Read the best in the world's finest juvenile publication
Synopsis: Promo for back issues of "Classics Illustrated"... H.R.N. 143
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Disclose Notes: Order coupon; color thumbnail of cover for #130, "Caesar's Conquests"

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