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Historical Fiction - Pioneers Genre
Books in the Historical Fiction - Pioneers genre:
Michel’s Island (1940)
Michel Jarnac, son of a French voyageur and grandson of an Indian chief, lives on Mackinac Island in the early 1800’s.
Author(s):
Mabel L. Hunt
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
Little Town on the Prairie (1941)
In the seventh book of her biographical series, Laura is living with Ma, Pa, Mary, Carrie and Grace in De Smet and earns her teaching certificate.
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Mildred Boyle
Helen Sewell
Susannah the Pioneer Cow (1941)
Susannah and her calves Posy and Rosy travel from Virginia to a new home in the Midwest.
Author(s):
Miriam E. Mason
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The First Thanksgiving (1942)
Author(s):
Lena Barksdale
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
These Happy Golden Years (1943)
In the eighth book of her biography Laura Ingalls becomes Mrs. Almanzo Wilder.
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Mildred Boyle
Helen Sewell
The Bells of Leyden Sing (1944)
The story of the last year the Pilgrims spent in Holland before setting out for the Massachusetts Colony.
Author(s):
Catherine Cate Coblentz
Illustrator(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Puritan Adventure (1944)
A story about the daily life of the Puritans in Massachusetts in the 1630’s.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Jonathan Goes West (1946)
Jonathan Brent heads for Illinois to join the father he hardly knows.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
Rob Whitlock: A Pioneer Boy in Old Ohio (1951)
Day-to-day frontier life in Ohio.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
By the Shores of Silver Lake (1953)
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Farmer Boy (1953)
This is the story of Almanzo Wilder and his brother Royal growing up with their two sisters on a big farm in New York state.
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Little House in the Big Woods (1953)
In this, the first volume of her family saga, Laura Ingalls is living with Pa and Ma, Mary and Carrie in the Big Woods of Wisconsin near Lake Pepin.
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Little House on the Prairie (1953)
In the second book of the Little House series, Pa takes the family and sets out for Indian Territory to stake a claim.
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Little Town on the Prairie (1953)
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
The Long Winter (1953)
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
On the Banks of Plum Creek (1953)
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
These Happy Golden Years (1953)
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Miss Posy Longlegs (1955)
Posy the long-legged calf proves to have a talent for jumping.
Author(s):
Miriam E. Mason
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Everglades Adventure (1957)
Toby Morgan and his family move to Florida after the Civil War and he becomes a swamp rat and discovers a reclusive Indian tribe.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Charles Beck
They Came From France (1957)
Pierre looks after his mother and siblings in New Orleans while their father goes west to try his luck in the California gold fields.
Author(s):
Clara Ingram Judson
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Kevin Royt