1941. Haym Salomon, Son of Liberty. illustrated by Eric M. Simon. 243 pp, 22.1 cm, 1st "Copyright 1941", [tan cloth, brown lettering] illustrated tp and lining papers. Julian Messner. New York.* FOR JERRY editions translations

1941. Lord Baden-Powell of the Boy Scouts. illustrations by Rafaello Busoni. 214 pp, 24 cm, 1st, [green cloth, brown lettering] maps on endpapers, index. Julian Messner. New York.* FOR RENA

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1941. The Romance of a People. illustrations by Rafaello Busoni. viii,238 pp, 24 cm, "This book was designed by Helen Hoke", [red cloth, gold lettering, yellow top-edge, pages untrimmed]. maps on lining-papers. Acknowledgement is made to Meyer W. Weisgol for permission to use the title "Romance of a People" which was produced by him as a pageant in 1933. Hebrew Publishing Co. New York.* Comparison of the editions: determination of the first edition FOR BETTE'S MOTHER AND FATHER editions

1942. Goethals and the Panama Canal. illustrations by Rafaello Busoni. xiii,[2],3-230 pp, 24.1 cm, [orange cloth, black lettering and cover drawing] maps on eps, front., illus., plates, diagrs. [see: Marxists Internet Archive text]. Julian Messner. New York.* FOR MY FATHER editions

1942. Fast, Howard and Bette. The Picture-book History of the Jews. illustrated by Bette Fast. 3,1,57 pp, 25.5 cm, [beige paper, orange, olive and black illustration and lettering]. Hebrew Publishing Co. New York.* FOR ROSALIND AND BOBBY

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1942 (Jul). The Tall Hunter. pictures by Rafaello Busoni. 103 pp, 23.3 cm, "First Edition" (G-R) [$1.75], [red cloth, green lettering]. Harper & Bros. New York & London.* To Julie editions

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1952. Tony and the Wonderful Door. [tan linson, brown lettering] illustrations by William Vigoda. 64 pp, 24.2 cm, ill. Blue Heron Press. New York.* For my own children and for all the other children who keep asking me why I don't write more books for them. [Knopf, Peace Press editions: For Rachel and Jon] Eve Tal's paper, "Tony and the Wonderful Door: A Forgotten Classic of American Children's Fantasy, published in "The Lion and the Unicorn", Volume 27, Number 1, January 2003, is available online in HTML and PDF formats. editions translations

Behn Boruch In 1997 I learned from the Hebrew Publishing Company that they had published three books by Howard Fast "under his Hebrew name", Behn Boruch. I sought confirmation from the author. In January 1998, Howard Fast confirmed that he had published the three books under that name. He explained that his father had been called Barney but his Hebrew name was Boruch, and the name Behn is from the Hebrew word meaning 'son of', so Behn Boruch actually means 'son of Barney.' These are the three books – click on the titles for the full text:

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1958. Boruch, Behn. In the Beginning: The Story of Abraham. [20] pp, 22.2 cm, illustrated by Bernard Springsteel. (1,447 words). Hebrew Publishing Company. New York.*

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1959. Boruch, Behn. The Patriarchs: The Story of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. illustrated by Bernard Springsteel. [28] pp, 22.2 cm, (1,909 words). Hebrew Publishing Company. New York.*

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1959. Boruch, Behn. The Coat of Many Colors: The Story of Joseph. illustrated by Bernard Springsteel. [28] pp, 22.2 cm, (2,037 words). Hebrew Publishing Company. New York.*