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Pioneers Genre
Books in the Pioneers genre:
The Golden Flash (1947)
A steam-driven fire engine ends up in a mining boom town and saves the day.
Author(s):
May McNeer
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
River of the Wolves (1948)
Dave Foster is captured during the French and Indian Wars and taken captive to Canada. After spending a winter learning the Indian ways, he escapes and makes his way home to Maine.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
A House for Ten (1949)
A family with ten children live on a farm in Indiana in the 1850’s.
Author(s):
Miriam E. Mason
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
The Little Cowboy (1949)
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Esphyr Slobodkina
The Landing of the Pilgrims (1950)
Part of the Landmark series, this volume concerns the landings at Plymouth Rock.
Author(s):
James Daugherty
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Of Courage Undaunted (1951)
The story of the exploration of the West by the Corps of Discovery.
Author(s):
James Daugherty
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Rob Whitlock: A Pioneer Boy in Old Ohio (1951)
Day-to-day frontier life in Ohio.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
By the Shores of Silver Lake (1953)
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
The Children’s Hour Volume 11 (1953)
A collection of stories about the pioneers in America.
Read online at archive.org.
Farmer Boy (1953)
This is the story of Almanzo Wilder and his brother Royal growing up with their two sisters on a big farm in New York state.
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Little House in the Big Woods (1953)
In this, the first volume of her family saga, Laura Ingalls is living with Pa and Ma, Mary and Carrie in the Big Woods of Wisconsin near Lake Pepin.
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Little House on the Prairie (1953)
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):
Garth Williams
Little Town on the Prairie (1953)
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
The Long Winter (1953)
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
On the Banks of Plum Creek (1953)
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
These Happy Golden Years (1953)
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
The Thanksgiving Story (1954)
A retelling of the story of the Pilgrims’ first thanksgiving.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Alice Dalgliesh
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Balboa, Swordsman and Conquistador (1956)
Author(s):
Felix Riesenberg, Jr.
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Best in Children’s Books volume 5 (1957)
Author(s):
Jean de Brunhoff
Eugene Field
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Maj Lindman
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Adrienne Adams
Edward Shenton
Et al
American Backgrounds (1958)
An anthology of early American stories for older children.