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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:
Les Misérables (1938)
A man who cannot escape his past is pursued by an obsessed detective. Published in one, two, and five volume editions.
Author(s):
Victor Hugo
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
The Little Fireman (1938)
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Esphyr Slobodkina
Ship of the Line (1938)
Given command of the two-decker HMS Sutherland, Hornblower harries the Spanish and French coasts.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
A Ship of the Line (1938)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Rowland Hilder
T-Model Tommy (1938)
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
Tales of Poindi (1938)
A retelling of native folk tales and legends from New Caledonia.
Author(s):
Jean Mariotti
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Three Policemen or, Young Bottsford of Farbe Island (1938)
The ingenuity of ten-year-old Bottsford enables the three clownish policemen of an isolated idyllic isle to catch thieves who have been stealing the islanders’ fish and fishing nets.
Author(s):
William Pène du Bois
Illustrator(s):
William Pène du Bois
Tim and Lucy Go to Sea (1938)
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
All the Days Were Antonia’s (1939)
Author(s):
Florence Stebbins Gleeson
Gretchen McKown
Illustrator(s):
Zhenya Gay
Bat: The Story of a Bull Terrier (1939)
The dramatic and moving tale of a courageous bull terrier.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
Ben and Me (1939)
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
The Boy Emigrants (1939)
Two young men head west by Conestoga to find a better life. This edition bound in black cloth with a paste on cover is more typical of the Scribner’s Illustrated Classics.
Author(s):
Noah Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Harvey Thomas Dunn
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
Captain Horatio Hornblower (3 volumes) (1939)
This uniform three volume set includes Beat to Quarters, Ship of the Line and Flying Colours.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
Captain Horatio Hornblower (omnibus) (1939)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
Captain Hornblower, R.N. (1939)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Flying Colours (1939)
While on his way under guard from Spain to Paris to be tried by Napoleon, Hornblower makes his escape and joins the resistance.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Flying Colours (1939)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Rowland Hilder
Flying Colours including Ship of the Line (1939)
While on his way under guard from Spain to Paris to be tried by Napoleon, Hornblower makes his escape and joins the resistance. This special book club edition includes Ship of the Line as well.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
None
Francie on the Run (1939)
Bored while recuperating from an operation in the hospital, Francie decides to leave and walk home.
Author(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s):
Hilda van Stockum