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Vintage Hardback Book ''The Magic Trail'' by Moon

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Vintage Hardback Book ''The Magic Trail'' by Moon
Vintage Hardback Book ''The Magic Trail'' by Grace Moon, measures 6'' x 8'' and comes in original book jacket, c. 1929 The Junior Literary Guild, New York, FYI: ''Grace Moon (1884-1947) was an American children's author, publishing many works on Native American themes. Her most notable work was ''Runaway Papoose,'' which won a Newbery Honor in 1929.'' ''She was born Grace Purdie in Indianapolis. She spent several years in Europe and explored Aztec ruins in Mexico with her father. In 1911 she married Carl Moon, a painter and photographer of the American Indian. Carl worked at El Tovar Studio in the Grand Canyon from 1911 until they moved to Pasadena in 1914. They collaborated on 22 children's books on the Pueblos and Navajos with Carl illustrating some of them.''