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Books in the Young Entrepreneur genre:

Daddy Darwin’s Dovecot: A Country Tale (1884)

A pleasant story of a young orphan who is taken in as a servant, strives to do well through honesty and hard work, and ultimately succeeds, inheriting his master’s dovecot and doves. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Farming (1903)

Part of the Haddon Hall Library for gentlemen farmers, the end papers head and tail pieces are by Rackham. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): W. M. Tod
Illustrator(s): L. Kemp-Welch
Arthur Rackham

Perkins of Portland Perkins the Great (1906)

Eight episodes in the career of Perkins of Portland, the greatest American promoter of the early twentieth century. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Ellis Parker Butler
Illustrator(s): Adrian J. Iorio

I Wish I Had Not Been a Well-Frog (1920)

An article reprinted from the American magazine on the dangers of slipping back when you try to get ahead. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Ellis Parker Butler
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Two Friends and Their Supporting Investments (1922)

A promotional give-away for a stock brokerage firm.

Author(s): Ellis Parker Butler
Illustrator(s): Tony Sarg

A Dog of Flanders (1925)

Nello, a Belgian orphan rescues a dog and names it Patrasche. Together they start a milk delivery service.

Author(s): Maria Louise Ramé
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

Carter’s Legacy (1928)

A short story extolling the virtues of thrift and the history of a bank.  Published on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Citizens Trust Company of Utica, New York.

The Story of Markets (1929)

A brief history of markets, from the town square to the New York Stock Exchange.

Author(s): Ruth Orton Camp
Illustrator(s): Elmer Hader

Big Money (1931)

Two young men, Godfrey, Lord Biskerton “Biscuit” and his one-time inseparable comrade John Beresford “Berry” Conway, and their efforts to raise money and to woo their respective girlfriends.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Harry Beckhoff

Big Money (1931)

Two young men, Godfrey, Lord Biskerton “Biscuit” and his one-time inseparable comrade John Beresford “Berry” Conway, and their efforts to raise money and to woo their respective girlfriends. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Harry Beckhoff

Jimmy the Groceryman (1934)

An elementary school reader designed to give children information on how the world works.

Author(s): Jane Miller
Illustrator(s): Berta Hader
Elmer Hader

Lumberjack (1934)

Dan Garland joins the lumber crew when they come to cut his grandfather’s pine.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Henry C. Pitz

Trap-Lines North (1936)

Based on the true adventures of Jim Vanderbeck this book tells the story of his winter on the trapline.

Márcos, a Mountain Boy of Mexico (1937)

Marcos sets out to seek his fortune.

Author(s): Melicent Humason Lee
Illustrator(s): Berta Hader
Elmer Hader

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1937

Highway Past Her Door (1938)

When Judy’s grandmother dies, she is thrown on her own resources and decides to go into business for herself.

Author(s): Mary Wolfe Thompson
Illustrator(s): Vera Neville

T-Model Tommy (1938)

Tommy Ballard has his way to make in the Depression, but with the help of his rugged Model-T, he’s well on his way. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

Young Settler (1938)

Hi Ellison goes to the Iowa territory with his family, and his horse, Euclid, who almost always wins her races. The local Sauk befriend him and make him a member of their tribe. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Phil Stong
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Boy with a Pack (1939)

Bill Crawford sets out from New Hampshire with a peddlar’s pack for the Ohio country.

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

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1940

Other People’s Houses (1939)

A young woman strikes out on her own in the big city.

Author(s): Margery Williams Bianco
Illustrator(s): Kate Seredy

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1940

T-Model Tommy: Study Edition (1940)

This special school edition of the adventures of Tommy Ballard and his trucking company has study questions and a glossary.

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

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