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Squantum

Sidney S. Rider

Cover of a later book by Sidney Rider about Squanto, showing little content beyond a library label.

This book by Sidney Rider studies Squanto's life, though the cover itself shows little detail.

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Plain dark maroon cloth book cover with a white library label reading GenColl at top, call number .S77 R5 printed in white at upper left, and the handwritten-style text Copy 2 in white at left. No title or author text is visible.
Sidney S. Rider, Squantum, cover page.

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What it is

This is the cover of a book titled 'Squantum' by Sidney S. Rider, held in a library collection. The cover itself shows only a plain cloth binding with a library label and call number; no title or author text is visible on it.

Why it matters

Though the cover itself reveals little, the book represents an early effort by a historian to study Squanto's life and role in Plymouth's history, showing ongoing interest in him long after his death.

  • Why might a book's cover give so little information about its contents?
  • What can library labels and call numbers tell us about how books are preserved and organized?
  • Why do historians continue to write about figures like Squanto centuries later?

This book is part of the curated material that grounds the AI version of Tisquantum (Squanto) on Humy.ai — when students ask about related events, the AI can quote it and cite it.

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