The Cave Boy of the Age of Stone
 The boys family sitting around their fire with the baby and parents. (cover not available) | |
| Author | Margaret A. McIntyre |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | editions list |
| Genre | Juvenile novel |
| Publisher | George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. (UK)[1] D. Appleton and Company (US)[1] |
Publication date | 1907 |
| Publication place | United States |
The Cave Boy of the Age of Stone is a classic heavily illustrated educational children's novel aimed at a juvenile audience published in 1907 by author Margaret A. McIntyre and illustrated by Irma Deremeaux[2] which is currently available in digital formats from multiple sources. By 2007, the work had entered the public domain and several reprint publishers on three continents[3] have brought out new editions varying considerably in quality and workmanship, including at least one with the many original line drawings (Etchings) reproduced throughout (See list below) in a high quality hardcover edition.
Synopsis
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The story line focuses on two young brothers and their family group while attempting to educate the young reader in a picture of what life was likely like for Cavemen. In the earliest part of the narrative, the author introduces the idea of domestication of animals, because a tethered kid (goat offspring) had become gentled and docile—so much so they put their toddler sister on its back for a ride. Moving forward, the novel describes all the major milestones featured during the stone age such as the discovery of fire, the creation of weapons, hunting/ foraging for food, cooking that food, as well as how and why man learnt how to swim.
Chapters list
[edit]| CHAPTER | Chapter Titles |
|---|---|
| I. | Strongarm's Family |
| II. | The Needle, the Club, and the Bow |
| III. | The Taming of the Dog |
| IV. | How Strongarm Hunted a Bear and a Lion |
| V. | The Old Ax Maker Visits His Daughter |
| VI. | The Coming of Fire |
| VII. | The Cave Tiger |
| VIII. | The Making of Stone Weapons |
| IX. | At the Gravel Pit |
| X. | A Summer Camp |
| XI. | Thorn Meets the Children of the Shell Mounds |
| XII. | At the Home of the Shell Mound People |
| XIII. | Thorn Learns to Swim |
| XIV. | The Feast of Mammoth's Meat |
| PART II (non-fiction) | Educational materials organized for teachers giving a variety of archaeological and geographical information as was accepted in 1907. |
| XV. | The Red Men of Our Own Country in the Stone Age |
| XVI. | How Stone Weapons of the Cave Men Were First Found |
| XVII. | How the Earth Looked When the Shell Men and the Cave Men Lived |
| XVIIII. | How Early Men Believed That All Things That Move Are Alive |
| XIX. | The People of Our Time Who Were Most Like the Cave Men |
| SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS |
Illustrations
[edit]As is characteristic of many quality works by the publishers of the first US and UK editions, the work is heavily illustrated with engravings, some of which are illustrated below.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "The Cave Boy of the Age of Stone - AbeBooks".
- ^ The Cave Boy of the Age of Stone. illustrated by I(rma) Deremeaux (from signature p. 32). 131 pp. 19.3 cm, Stories of Child Life, New York.
- ^ Editions, by list inspection find new (2007) Australian and United States Hardback editions and one, possibly two paperback editions, the certain one printed in the United Kingdom (ISBN 1-4378-8070-3, IndyPublish. PAPERBACK. (new)), retrieval date: 2009-03-06.
