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History - American Genre
Books in the History - American genre:
A School History of the United States (1924)
A history of the United States for school children. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Martha Tucker Stephenson
Nathaniel Wright Stephenson
Illustrator(s):
Howard Pyle
N. C. Wyeth
Et al
What Is Americanism? (1924)
A civics textbook for schools.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Oregon Trail Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life (1925)
Author(s):
Francis Parkman
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
Juan and Juanita (1926)
Juan and Juanita and their dog Amigo are kidnapped by Comanches and held captive for four years until they make their escape and trek three hundred miles home.
Author(s):
Frances Courtenay Baylor
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Life on the Mississippi (1927)
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
Abe Lincoln Grows Up (1928)
Here we have Lincoln’s babyhood and boyhood at Knob Creek Farm and on Little Pigeon Creek, his games and chores.
Author(s):
Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
The Conquest of Montezuma’s Empire (1928)
Author(s):
William Hickling Prescott
Minnie Wright
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Drums (1928)
This is the story of Johnny Fraser and his part in the Revolutionary War in the South.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
James Boyd
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
Fatima: The Difference (1928)
This advertisement for a major national company appeared in the April 1928 issue of The Golden Book Magazine, volume VII, Number 40, page 37 of the advertisements.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Fatima: This Younger Crowd (1928)
This advertisement for a national account appeared in The Golden Book Magazine in February 1928 volume VII number 38, page 54 of the advertising section.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Me and Henry and the Artillery (1928)
An account of two artillery men in the closing days of the World War I on the western front.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
None
The Story of Old Ironsides: The Cradle of the United States Navy (1928)
Author(s):
Alden Arthur Knipe
Emilie Benson Knipe
Illustrator(s):
Mead Schaeffer
The Stream of History (1928)
A history of the world, variously in one and four volumes.
Author(s):
Geoffrey Parsons
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
The Adventures of Johnny Appleseed (1930)
Author(s):
Henry Chapin
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Daniel Boone (1931)
A brief biography of the pioneering backwoodsman.
Author(s):
Unknown
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Hail Columbia (1931)
A history of the United States of America from its discovery to 1931.
Author(s):
Marie A. Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Marie A. Lawson
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1931)
Author(s):
John Fox, Jr.
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
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
George Washington Bicentennial Calendar (1932)
This calendar published by his high school history club was Robert McCloskey’s first publication. The image is provided from the collections of The Western Reserve Historical Society.
Author(s):
American History Club
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
Desert Water (1933)
The story about the fight for water along the Idaho Nevada border.
Author(s):
Sinclair Drago
Illustrator(s):
Frank Schoonover