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Books in the Pioneers genre:

Evangeline (1897)

Longfellow’s poem deals with a French Canadian love story.

The Log of a Cowboy (1903)

A history of the cattle drives north from Texas after the Civil War. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Andy Adams
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

Rolf in the Woods (1911)

The story of a friendship between a white boy and an Indian in New York around the time of the War of 1812. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s): Ernest Thompson Seton

Letters of a Woman Homesteader (1914)

Collection of letters describing of ranch life in southwestern Wyoming. The letters are dated from April 1909 to November 1913 and were printed originally in the Atlantic monthly.

Author(s): Elinore Pruitt Stewart
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

Daniel Boone: Wilderness Scout (1922)

A biography of Daniel Boone who opened the Kentucky wilderness

Author(s): Stewart Edward White
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Down the Big River (1924)

Tom Lockwood and his parents are going down the Ohio River to take up land in Missouri when they are captured by pirates.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Stephen W. Meader

The Oregon Trail Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life (1925)

Francis Parkman took a tour of the western United States in 1846 which included a buffalo hunt with a band of Sioux. He recorded his adventures in this, his first book, which met with critical success. He went on to write the history of the European ... View More

Author(s): Francis Parkman
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

The Black Angels (1926)

They all seven loved to sing, except Joseph, and eagerly accepted Benjy's plan to form an Operatic and Concert Troupe.

Author(s): Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s): George Breans

The Deerslayer or The First Warpath (1926)

While written last, in 1841, The Deerslayer is chronologically the first in the Leatherstocking Tales. Natty Bumpo, a European raised among American Indians, is the hero of the series. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Daniel Boone (1931)

A brief biography of the pioneering backwoodsman.

Author(s): Unknown
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

The Oregon Trail (1931)

Francis Parkman took a tour of the West before settling down to write his histories. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Francis Parkman
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

The Willow Whistle (1931)

Mary Anne’s father opens a general store on the prairie. Her friend Eric teaches her to make willow whistles.

Author(s): Cornelia Meigs
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

Little House in the Big Woods (1932)

In this, the first volume of her family saga, Laura Ingalls is living with her Ma and Pa, sisters Mary and Carrie in the Big Woods of Wisconsin, near Lake Pepin.

Author(s): Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1932

The Sign of the Buffalo Skull (1932)

A biography of Jim Bridger, mountain man.

Author(s): Peter O. Lamb
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

The Treasure in the Little Trunk (1932)

A story of pioneers settling western New York in the early 1800’s.

Author(s): Helen Fuller Orton
Illustrator(s): Robert Ball

Desert Water (1933)

The story about the fight for water along the Idaho Nevada border.

Author(s): Sinclair Drago
Illustrator(s): Frank Schoonover

Farmer Boy (1933)

The story of Almanzo Wilder growing up with his brother Royal and his two sisters on a big farm in New York state.

Author(s): Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

Away Goes Sally (1934)

In this first book about Sally she journeys from Massachusetts to Maine over the snow in a house on runners. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

Caddie Woodlawn (1935)

Pioneer adventures of a girl growing up in northern Wisconsin.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Carol Ryrie Brink
Illustrator(s): Kate Seredy

Newbery Medal
Newbery Medal - 1936

Little House on the Prairie (1935)

In the second book of the Little House series, Pa takes the family and sets out for Indian Territory to stake a claim.

Author(s): Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

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