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Books in the Geography genre:

The Innocents Abroad or The New Pilgrims’ Progress (1869)

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Originally written as letters to American newspapers, this travelogue includes a large dollop of satire on the Americans abroad and the Europeans who engaged to fleece them. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at Archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): Anonymous

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The Harz Mountains: A Tour in the Toy Country (1873)

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A travel book of adventures in the North German highlands.

Author(s): Henry Blackburn
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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North Italian Folk: Sketches of Town and Country Life (1878)

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A travel book of Italy. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Mrs. Comyns Carr
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879)

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The account of a twelve days’ hiking expedition in the south of France. Read for free online at HathiTrust. Or at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Breton Folk: An Artistic Tour in Brittany (1880)

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A travel book of northern France. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Henry Blackburn
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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A Tramp Abroad (1880)

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The story of a walking tour of Germany and Italy, enlivened and augmented by numerous digressions and discursions. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): Walter Francis Brown
Benjamin Henry Day
W. W. Denslow
True W. Williams
Et al

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Life on the Mississippi (1883)

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The author reminisces about his years as a Mississippi River pilot before the Civil War, then brings things up-to-date on a trip down river in the 1880’s. The first part was originally published as Old Times on the Mississippi in 1876. Read onl... View More

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): John Harley
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The Red True Story Book (1895)

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A collection of true stories of adventure and heroism. Read online at archive.org.

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

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Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World (1897)

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A steamship journey from Vancouver to Cape Town with intermediate stops in Australia, India, The Fijis, New Zealand, Mauritius and Ceylon. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): Dan Beard
A. B. Frost
Peter Newell
Photographs
Et al

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Fil and Filippa: Story of Child Life in the Philippines (1917)

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A story about children living in the Philippines for American children. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): John Stuart Thomson
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham

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The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (1922)

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In search of Long Arrow the Indian, Doctor Dolittle and his companions journey to the floating Spidermonkey Island. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Hugh Lofting

Newbery Medal
Newbery Medal - 1923
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Doctor Dolittle’s Post Office (1923)

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Doctor Dolittle discovers that animals also have a written form of their language and goes about setting up the fastest postal service in the world for them. Read online at archive org..... View More

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Hugh Lofting

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The Oregon Trail Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life (1925)

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Francis Parkman took a tour of the western United States in 1846 which included a buffalo hunt with a band of Sioux. He recorded his adventures in this, his first book, which met with critical success. He went on to write the history of the European ... View More

Author(s): Francis Parkman
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

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Life on the Mississippi (1927)

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Mark Twain’s account of his time as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River.

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): Frank Schoonover
Walter Stewart

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Mr. Punch’s County Songs (1928)

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A collection of verses of a humorous nature on the counties of England. The pieces originally appeared in Punch.

Author(s): E. V. Lucas
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

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Miki (1929)

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Miki visits Hungary where he makes many new friends.

Author(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham

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The Vienna that’s not in the Baedeker (1929)

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A guidebook to Vienna.

Author(s): Ludwig Hirschfeld
Thomas Watson MacCallum
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely
Adalbert Sipos

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The Wonder City: A Picture Book of New York (1929)

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A tour of New York City.

Author(s): Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

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More To and Again (1930)

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Freddy organizes a tour to visit Santa Claus at the North Pole and many adventures ensue, including the rescue of two children by the Bean farm animals and their friends. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

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The Washington Picture Book (1930)

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A travel book about Washington, District of Columbia.

Author(s): Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

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