Item #73308 Harrison and Log Cabin Song Book.

Harrison and Log Cabin Song Book.

Item #73308

(HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY). The Harrison and Log Cabin Song Book. Columbus: I.N. Whiting, 1840. 1st ed. 16mo. 105,[3, index]pp. Title page vignette. Orig. cloth-backed pictorial boards. Boards slightly rubbed, light scattered foxing, else very good. Rare. "In these times of feeling and patriotic action, the merry Harrison Log Cabin Songs have rushed through the country. Every body is singing them."-Preface. Multiple editions of this popular collection were published in major cities for the politicized 1840 campaign, the first to use mass rallies, slogans ("Tippecanoe and Tyler Too"), emblems (the log cabin, hard cider, both portrayed on the boards), and political songsters.

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