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History - American Genre
Books in the History - American genre:
Columbia’s Courtship (1892)
"A picture history of the United States in twelve emblematic designs in color with accompanying verses." This is a World's Columbian Exposition souvenir book.
Author(s):
Walter Crane
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The True Story Book (1893)
True stories of adventure. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Illustrator(s):
H. J. Ford
Et al
First Across the Continent (1901)
The first popular account of the Lewis and Clark expedition from 1804 to 1806.
Author(s):
Noah Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Seton Thompson
Et al
Mysteries of Police and Crime (1901)
Author(s):
Major Arthur Griffiths
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Et al
A Texas Matchmaker (1904)
A collection of stories about cow punching in the old West. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Andy Adams
Illustrator(s):
E. Boyd Smith
The Outlet (1905)
Author(s):
Andy Adams
Illustrator(s):
E. Boyd Smith
Smouldering Fires (1905)
A story of the eruption of Mount Pelee on May 8, 1902 on the Island of Martinique in the French Antilles which killed more than 30,000 people.
Author(s):
Evelyn Everett-Green
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith (1906)
Author(s):
E. Boyd Smith
Illustrator(s):
E. Boyd Smith
My Life as an Indian (1907)
Author(s):
James Willard Schultz
Illustrator(s):
Photographs
Junior Classics Volume 7 (1912)
Short accounts of courageous men and women from history for children from six to sixteen. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
The Strange Story Book (1913)
A collection or stories, some of them true, mostly fictitious. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Illustrator(s):
H. J. Ford
The Powder Town (1915)
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (1916)
His own account of his life by one of the foremost founders of the United States. Read for free online at Project Gutenberg.
Author(s):
Benjamin Franklin
Illustrator(s):
E. Boyd Smith
Recruiting Posters Issued by the U.S. Navy Since the Declaration of War (1918)
A collection of posters.
Author(s):
Unknown
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Et al
History Stories for Primary Grades (1919)
An elementary school reader. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
John Walter Wayland
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
History Stories for Primary Grades: Ohio Edition (1919)
Author(s):
John Walter Wayland
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
History Stories for Primary Grades: Indiana Edition (1920)
Author(s):
John Walter Wayland
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Story of Our Country (1920)
Author(s):
E. Boyd Smith
Illustrator(s):
E. Boyd Smith
Daniel Boone: Wilderness Scout (1922)
A biography of Daniel Boone who opened the Kentucky wilderness
Author(s):
Stewart Edward White
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Howard Pyle’s Book of the American Spirit (1923)
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Howard Pyle