Historical Fiction - World War I Genre
Books in the Historical Fiction - World War I genre:
The African Queen (1935)
In Central Africa of 1914, Rose Sayer buries her brother then sets out on a boat called the African Queen for the adventure of a lifetime.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Good Master (1935)
The adventures of Jancsi and his cousin Kate on his father’s ranch in Hungary.
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Author(s):
Kate Seredy
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
A City of Bells (1936)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
The General (1936)
A stinging indictment of the British military culture that led to the wanton slaughter of World War I.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
None
The General (1936)
A stinging indictment of the British military culture that led to the wanton slaughter of World War I.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Salomon and Joseph Abbey
Louisa Alcott’s People (1936)
Selections from the works of Louisa May Alcott, including Little Women, Little Men, Jo’s Boys, An Old-Fashioned Girl, Eight Cousins and Jack and Jill.
Author(s):
Louisa May Alcott
Illustrator(s):
Thomas J. Fogarty
Roller Skates (1936)
Lucinda spends a year on her own in New York city in the 1890’s while her parents travel abroad for her mother’s health.
Author(s):
Ruth Sawyer
Illustrator(s):
Valenti Angelo
The Singing Tree (1939)
Author(s):
Kate Seredy
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
The Sister of the Angels (1939)
A story about Henrietta, Hugh Anthony, Torminster Cathedral and Christmas.
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Author(s):
Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
The African Queen (1940)
In Central Africa of 1914, Rose Sayer buries her brother then sets out on a boat called the African Queen for the adventure of a lifetime. This edition restores the author’s original ending.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
None
The Year of Jubilo (1940)
When their father dies and his business fails, the Wymans retreat to their cottage in Maine to regroup.
Author(s):
Ruth Sawyer
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
Betsy-Tacy and Tib (1941)
Betsy and Tacy gain a new friend when Tib moves to Deep Valley.
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Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill (1942)
Betsy and Tacy are joined by Tib in these adventures.
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Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Over the Big Hill: A Betsy-Tacy Story (1942)
Betsy and Tacy are joined by Tib in this series of adventures. Later editions are titled Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill.
Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Victory for the Slain (1942)
Author(s):
Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown (1943)
Betsy and Tacy are growing up and explore their town of Deep Valley.
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Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Down Town: A Betsy-Tacy Story (1943)
Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Heaven to Betsy (1945)
Betsy and Tacy start high school at Deep Valley High.
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Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Vera Neville
Betsy in Spite of Herself (1946)
Betsy and her friends are sophomores at Deep Valley High.
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Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Vera Neville
Betsy was a Junior (1947)
Betsy and her crowd are now juniors at Deep Valley High.
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Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Vera Neville
Carney’s House Party (1949)
Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Vera Neville
The Thirty-Nine Steps (1950)
Richard Hannay has returned to England from Rhodesia and is immediately embroiled in a German plot to steal British military secrets.
Author(s):
John Buchan
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
Betsy and the Great World (1952)
Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Vera Neville
The Colonel’s Squad (1952)
A fictional account of an American Army Colonel who brings five Russian orphans home with him to America.
Author(s):
Alf Evers
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
My Friend Yakub (1953)
Author(s):
Nicholas Kalashnikoff
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Betsy’s Wedding (1955)
Betsy returns from Europe and Joe is waiting on the dock for her.
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Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Vera Neville
A Lemon and a Star (1955)
Four siblings grow up in New England in the early twentieth century.
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Author(s):
E. C. Spykman
Illustrator(s):
Prudence Seward
Terrible, Horrible Edie (1960)
Author(s):
E. C. Spykman
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Best of Botts (1961)
Alexander Botts, world’s greatest salesman, sells Caterpillar tractors all over the United States, in France and New Guinea.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Larry Lurin
My Friend Yakub (1961)
The author describes his boyhood in a small Siberian village and his friend Yacub, a Tartar storyteller.
Author(s):
Nicholas Kalashnikoff
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Edie on the Warpath (1966)
Author(s):
E. C. Spykman
Illustrator(s):
Paul Galdone
Jessamy (1967)
Author(s):
Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s):
Philip Gough
More All-of-a-Kind Family (1972)
The series depicts life and adventures of siblings Ella, Henny, Sarah, Charlotte and Gertie from their younger childhood up to growing teen years in the early 20th century U.S.A. up to WWI.
Author(s):
Sydney Taylor
Illustrator(s):
Beth Krush
Joe Krush
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1976)
A clear-eyed look at the American south at the time of the Great Depression through the eyes of a young African American girl.
Author(s):
Mildred D. Taylor
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Superpower (1987)
The story of the building of #1070, prototype locomotive of the Berkshire class 2-8-4 by the Lima Locomotive Works.
Author(s):
David Weitzman
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
Jenny: The Airplane that Taught America to Fly (2002)
Author(s):
David Weitzman
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
Betsy Was a Junior and Betsy and Joe (2009)
Betsy’s junior and senior years at Deep Valley High.
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Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Vera Neville
Heaven to Betsy and Betsy in Spite of Herself (2009)
Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Vera Neville
Carney’s House Party and Winona’s Pony Cart (2010)
Carney hosts a house party after her first year at college.
Winona hopes for a pony for her birthday.
Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Vera Neville
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