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Adventure Genre

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Books in the Adventure genre:

The Story of the Grail and the Passing of Arthur (1910)

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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. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Howard Pyle
Illustrator(s): Howard Pyle

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Tom Swift and His Motor Cycle (1910)

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Tom Swift wishes for a motorcycle and his wish is granted unexpectedly.

Read online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Victor Appleton
Illustrator(s): H. Rudolph Mencl

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The All Sorts of Stories Book (1911)

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Thirty stories of adventure & magic, collected and retold by Leonora Lang. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Andrew Lang
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Illustrator(s): H. J. Ford

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The Children of the New Forest (1911)

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During the English civil war, a family of children take to the woods to escape from the Parliamentary forces. Read for free online at Google Books.... View More

Author(s): Frederick Marryat
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

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Further Adventures of Nils (1911)

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The further adventures of a fourteen year old boy who has been turned into a tomten - a Swedish elf - and set off on the back of a goose to see the sights of Sweden. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Selma Lagerlöf
Illustrator(s): Astri Heiberg

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Jim Davis (1911)

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Young Jim Davis accidentally stumbles on a smugglers’ den and is shanghaied into their crew, until after a series of hairbreadth adventures he finally escapes. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): None

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The Peradventures of Private Pagett (1911)

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Humorous stories of a soldier of the King, with a bit of an edge. The illustrations in this edition have been colored.

Author(s): Major W. P. Drury
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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Peter and Wendy (1911)

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This is J. M. Barrie’s most famous work. It tells the story of Peter Pan, a mischievous little boy who can fly, and his adventures on the island of Neverland with Wendy Darling and her brothers, the fairy Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys, the Indian ... View More

Author(s): J. M. Barrie
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

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Rolf in the Woods (1911)

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The story of a friendship between a white boy and an Indian in New York around the time of the War of 1812. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s): Ernest Thompson Seton

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The Sea Fairies (1911)

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Cap'n Bill and Trot visit the mermaids in their watery realm. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

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Tom Swift and His Sky Racer (1911)

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Tom Swift and His Sky Racer, or, The Speediest Flight on Record, is Volume 9 in the original Tom Swift novel series published by Grosset & Dunlap. A$10,000 prize lures Tom into competing at a local aviation meet at Eagle Park. Tom is determined t... View More

Author(s): Victor Appleton
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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Treasure Island (1911)

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When Jim Hawkins retrieves Flint’s map from the sea chest of the dead Billy Bones, Squire Trelawney and Doctor Livesey catch the treasure fever and outfit a ship to search for it. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s): Robert Louis Stevenson
N. C. Wyeth

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Two Years Before the Mast (1911)

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His studies at Harvard interrupted by vision problems, the author embarked as a merchant seaman aboard the brig Pilgrim in 1834 on a voyage to Alta California, still under Mexican rule. After helping to cure and load a cargo of cow hides he was trans... View More

Author(s): Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

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The Arctic Prairies (1912)

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The true story of Ernest Thompson Seton’s 2000-mile, six-month canoe journey across northern Canada in 1907 in search of caribou. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s): Ernest Thompson Seton

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The Feet of the Furtive (1912)

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This is a story of a young man named Alan MacGregor, who is a trapper in the Canadian wilderness. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Charles G. D. Roberts
Illustrator(s): Paul Bransom

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Junior Classics Volume 7 (1912)

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Short accounts of courageous men and women from history for children from six to sixteen. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Various

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New Chum (1912)

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The future poet laureate tells of his experiences as a new student aboard the training ship Conway. This edition includes additional material.

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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Peter and Wendy and Margaret Ogilvy (1912)

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An omnibus including Barrie’s biography of his mother and his most famous work. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): J. M. Barrie
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

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Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1912)

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The first appearance of Peter from The Little White Bird. With additional illustrations not in the first Rackham edition of 1906. Read online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): J. M. Barrie
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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Robin Hood and the Men of the Greenwood (1912)

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Legends of Robin Hood retold by Henry Gilbert with sixteen color plates.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Henry Gilbert
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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