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Adventure Genre
Genre description for the 'Adventure' Genre. Full text description would go here to introduce the genre before showing a complete list of all the books in that genre.
Books in the Adventure genre:
Yankee Ships in Pirate Waters (1931)
Author(s):
Rupert Sargent Holland
Illustrator(s):
Frank Schoonover
Bevis (1932)
Two English boys camp out on an island in a pond.
An abridged version is available at archive.org.
Author(s):
Richard Jefferies
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Death to the French (1932)
During the British campaign to liberate the Iberian peninsula, an infantryman is separated from his regiment and has to fight his way back through hostile territory.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Barbosa
Famous Animal Stories (1932)
A collection of stories about animals including myths, fables, fairy tales and true-life adventures.
Mutiny on the Bounty (1932)
Author(s):
James Norman Hall
Charles Bernard Nordhoff
Illustrator(s):
Henry C. Pitz
Peter Duck (1932)
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
Pinocchio (1932)
The story of the little wooden puppet who wished to become a real boy.
Author(s):
Carlo Collodi
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Sign of the Buffalo Skull (1932)
A biography of Jim Bridger, mountain man.
Author(s):
Peter O. Lamb
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1933)
Huck and Jim, a runaway slave travel down the Mississippi on a raft. The Great American Novel.
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
John Harley
E. W. Kemble
The Bird of Dawning (1933)
The adventures of Cruiser Trewsbury 2nd Mate aboard the Blackgauntlet running an epic race from China to London when the ship goes down.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
M. G.
Doctor Dolittle’s Return (1933)
Doctor Dolittle makes his triumphant return from his visit to the moon.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s):
Hugh Lofting
Gaston and Joséphine (1933)
The adventures of two French pigs who travel to America. This is the original somewhat longer version, illustrated by its author.
Author(s):
Georges Duplaix
Illustrator(s):
Georges Duplaix
The Gun (1933)
Follows the fates of the men who use a cannon in their battle to oust the French from Spain.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Gun (1933)
Follows the fates of the men who use a cannon in their battle to oust the French from Spain.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Stanley Rogers
King of the Hills (1933)
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Lee Townsend
Ola and Blakken (1933)
Ola and his family shoot a troll-cock, resulting in goods for themselves, a feast for their neighbors, and the deaths of two trolls.
Author(s):
Edgar Parin d’Aulaire
Ingri d’Aulaire
Illustrator(s):
Edgar Parin d’Aulaire
Peter Duck (1933)
The Swallows, Amazons and Captain Flint sail in search of treasure and must fight not only a hurricane but also pirates.
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Arthur Ransome
Seldom and the Golden Cheese (1933)
A good natured satire on fairy tale themes as Seldom is sent out into the world to earn his living. Is gold better than cheese?
Author(s):
Joseph Schrank
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights (1933)
Author(s):
Howard Pyle
Illustrator(s):
William James Aylward
Howard Pyle
The Story of the Champions of the Round Table (1933)
This is the Brandywine edition. It includes the stories of Lancelot, Sir Tristram and Sir Percival. There is also a library edition in blue cloth, without the paste on label.
Author(s):
Howard Pyle
Illustrator(s):
Howard Pyle
Frank Schoonover