Description

Goodrich (1793-1860) was an American publisher and author who wrote under the name of Peter Parley. In 1828 he began publishing an illustrated annual, the Token, to which he was a frequent contributor in prose and verse, and in 1841 established Merry's Museum which he edited until 1854. In 1827 he started his series of books written as Peter Parley embracing geography, biography, history, science and miscellaneous tales and whilst he was sole author of only a few of the titles, in his autobiography of 1857 he claimed to be author and editor of 170 volumes with sales of 7 million. Goodrich was also active in Whig politics, serving as a member of the state Senate in 1837. This work published in 1844 contains four illustrations.