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Camping Genre
Books in the Camping genre:
A Little Boy Lost (1920)
A small boy wanders off into the jungle and has many adventures. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
William Henry Hudson
Illustrator(s):
Dorothy P. Lathrop
The Book of Woodcraft and Indian Lore (1922)
Author(s):
Ernest Seton Thompson
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Seton Thompson
The Oregon Trail Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life (1925)
Author(s):
Francis Parkman
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
The Mountain of Jade (1926)
An adventure story set in Alaska among the Coppermine River eskimo. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
Violet Irwin
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
More To and Again (1930)
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Swallows and Amazons (1930)
The four Swallows receive permission from their sailor father to sail by themselves on one of the English lakes in a telegram: ‘BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN.’
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Steven Spurrier
The Oregon Trail (1931)
Francis Parkman took a tour of the West before settling down to write his histories. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
Francis Parkman
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Swallowdale (1931)
The Swallows return to the lake for the summer holidays but on their third day disaster strikes and they are marooned on shore.
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Clifford Webb
Swallows and Amazons (1931)
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Swallows and Amazons (1931)
The four Swallows receive permission from their sailor father to sail by themselves on one of the English lakes in a telegram: ‘BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN.’
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Clifford Webb
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
The Sign of the Buffalo Skull (1932)
A biography of Jim Bridger, mountain man.
Author(s):
Peter O. Lamb
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Swallowdale (1932)
The Swallows return to the lake for the summer holidays but on their third day disaster strikes and they are marooned on shore.
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Swallowdale (1932)
The Swallows return to the lake for the summer holidays but on their third day disaster strikes and they are marooned on shore.
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Pigeon Post (1936)
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
Trap-Lines North (1936)
Based on the true adventures of Jim Vanderbeck this book tells the story of his winter on the trapline.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Jim Vanderbeck
Illustrator(s):
Enos Comstock
Pigeon Post (1937)
The Swallows, Amazons and D’s are prospecting for gold on High Topps, hoping to persuade Captain Flint to stay home as he returns from a South American gold prospecting trip.
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
Mary Shepard
Belinda and the Singing Clock (1938)
Belinda and her father take to the road in a house trailer
Author(s):
Ethel Calvert Phillips
Illustrator(s):
Virginia Lee Burton
Swallowdale (1938)
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
Swallows and Amazons (1938)
The four Swallows receive permission from their sailor father to sail by themselves on one of the English lakes in a telegram: ‘BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN.’
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
Clifford Webb