Description: 1899 LOOKING FORWARD, A DREAM OF THE UNITED STATES OF THE AMERICAS IN 1999 Arthur Bird, Ex-Vice Consul-General of America at Port-au-Prince, Haiti. LOOKING FORWARD, A DREAM OF THE UNITED STATES OF THE AMERICAS IN 1999 (Utica, NY: Childs, 1899) Original hardcover binding of decorative cloth.234pp. Illustrated with frontispiece map and text drawings. Front cover bit soiled, light wear to corners; marginal tear to last page of text, not affecting type. Near Very Good overall. One of the numerous take-offs on Edward Bellamy's popular LOOKING BACKWARD. Less Utopian fiction that imaginary future history. Sargent (1979) describes the book as " Manifest destiny. Racist. Highly moral tone - cursing outlawed." It was reprinted by Arno in 1971.
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