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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:
The Story of the Grail and the Passing of Arthur (1933)
In this, the fourth and final volume of his history of the Matter of Britain - that is King Arthur and his knights, Howard Pyle tells of the adventures of Sir Galahad and the death of King Arthur.
Author(s):
Howard Pyle
Illustrator(s):
Stanley Massey Arthurs
Robert Ball, RBSA
Howard Pyle
The Dark Mile (1934)
The conclusion of the author’s Jacobite trilogy concerns the betrayers of Dr. Cameron and wraps up the remaining storylines, including a happy outcome for Ian.
Author(s):
D. K. Broster
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Lumberjack (1934)
Dan Garland joins the lumber crew when they come to cut his grandfather’s pine.
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Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Henry C. Pitz
Men Against the Sea (1934)
Captain William Bligh and eighteen loyal men are cast off in a twenty-three foot open boat by the Bounty mutineers and set out for Coupang in Timor, a journey of more than 3,600 miles.
Author(s):
James Norman Hall
Charles Bernard Nordhoff
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Ola (1934)
Author(s):
Edgar Parin d’Aulaire
Ingri d’Aulaire
Illustrator(s):
Edgar Parin d’Aulaire
Pitcairn’s Island (1934)
Following the mutiny on HMS Bounty, Fletcher Christian along with eight of the Bounty’s crew, six Polynesian men and twelve Polynesian women sail for Pitcairn’s Island where they scuttle the Bounty.
Author(s):
James Norman Hall
Charles Bernard Nordhoff
Illustrator(s):
Henry C. Pitz
The Prince Commands (1934)
This first novel by Andre Norton is a Ruritanian adventure. The writing lacks polish.
Author(s):
Andre Norton
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
Shark! Shark! (1934)
An early account of sport fishing for shark.
Author(s):
Lt. Horace S. Mazet
Captain William E. Young
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
The Taking of the Gry (1934)
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
R. H. Sauter
The Taking of the Gry (1934)
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
R. H. Sauter
The Travels of Babar (1934)
Babar and Celeste set out in a balloon on their wedding journey and have many exciting adventures.
Author(s):
Jean de Brunhoff
Illustrator(s):
Jean de Brunhoff
Aboard the Bulger (1935)
Five children running away from an orphanage steal (or are stolen by?) a small ship and explore the Hebrides.
Author(s):
Ann Scott Moncrieff
Illustrator(s):
C. L. Davidson
The African Queen (1935)
In Central Africa of 1914, Rose Sayer buries her brother then sets out on a boat called the African Queen for the adventure of a lifetime.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Book of Indians (1935)
Author(s):
Holling C. Holling
Illustrator(s):
Holling C. Holling
Lucille Webster Holling
The Box of Delights, or When the Wolves were Running (1935)
Kay Harker is on his way home for the Christmas holidays when he falls a sleep on the train and has a wonderful adventure.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
Judith Masefield
The Box of Delights, or When the Wolves were Running (1935)
Kay Harker is on his way home for the Christmas holidays when he falls a sleep on the train and has a wonderful adventure.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
Judith Masefield
The Female Felon (1935)
The adventures of a woman who casts her lot in with a pirate crew.
Author(s):
Helen Simpson
Illustrator(s):
Mary Shepard
The House of the Four Winds (1935)
This is the third of the mystery novels featuring Dickson McCunn in which he and his friends help a young prince fight for his throne.
Author(s):
John Buchan
Illustrator(s):
Frank Schoonover
Kintu: A Congo Adventure (1935)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Illustrator(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Marauders of the Sea (1935)
This is an anthology of pirate stories, real and fiction.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Peter Hurd