Summary
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.
 The boys family sitting around their fire with the baby and parents. (cover not available) | |
| Author | Margaret A. McIntyre |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| 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 |
Synopsis edit
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.
External links edit
- The Cave Boy of the Age of Stone at Project Gutenberg
- The Cave Boy of the Age of Stone at Google Books
- The Cave Boy of the Age of Stone at archive.org.
- The Cave Boy of the Age of Stone title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database