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History - American Genre
Books in the History - American genre:
America’s Stamps (1947)
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Cortez the Conqueror (1947)
In 1519 Hernan Cortez landed at Vera Cruz on the coast of Mexico and proceeded to put an end to the murderous cannibal kingdom of the Aztecs.
Author(s):
Covelle Newcomb
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Mary Montgomery, Rebel (1948)
A fictionalized biography of a southern girl at the time of the Civil War.
Author(s):
Helen Fern Daringer
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
Seabird (1948)
The Seabird follows the history of American seafaring.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Holling C. Holling
Illustrator(s):
Holling C. Holling
Lucille Webster Holling
Amos Fortune, Free Man (1950)
Brought to Massachusetts as a slave, after forty-five years he was able to buy his freedom, moved to New Hampshire and set up as a tanner.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Yates
Illustrator(s):
Nora S. Unwin
The Landing of the Pilgrims (1950)
Part of the Landmark series, this volume concerns the landings at Plymouth Rock.
Author(s):
James Daugherty
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Pocahontas and Captain John Smith (1950)
Jamestown, colonists, Indians and heroes fill this story of early America.
Author(s):
Marie A. Lawson
Illustrator(s):
William Sharp
Real People Benjamin Franklin (1950)
Author(s):
Frances Fullerton
Winthrop Neilson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
A Bird in the Hand: Sayings From Poor Richard’s Almanac (1951)
Author(s):
Benjamin Franklin
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Comanche (1951)
This is the story of the Battle of the Little Bighorn as seen by the sole surviving participant on the American side, Captain Miles Keogh’s horse, Comanche.
Author(s):
David Appel
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Of Courage Undaunted (1951)
The story of the exploration of the West by the Corps of Discovery.
Author(s):
James Daugherty
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Picture Book of Wisconsin (1951)
Author(s):
Bernadine Bailey
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Ten Brave Men (1951)
Brief biographies of ten early founders of America.
Author(s):
Sonia Medvedeva Daugherty
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Trappers and Traders of the Far West (1951)
A history of J. J. Astor’s Pacific Fur Company, which operated in the Pacific Northwest.
Author(s):
James Daugherty
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
The Story of Peace and War (1952)
A history of war and peace for young readers.
Author(s):
Thomas Franklin Galt
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Barbary Pirates (1953)
The fledgling United States Navy takes on the lawless raiders of the Mediterranean.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Charles J. Mazoujian
Children Through the Ages (1953)
An elementary history book.
Author(s):
Gertrude Hume
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Children’s Hour Volume 11 (1953)
A collection of stories about the pioneers in America.
Read online at archive.org.
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman: Pioneers of Oregon (1953)
The story of the missionaries and their massacre.
Author(s):
James Daugherty
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
The Story of the Presidents of the United States (1953)
Short biographies of the American presidents from Washington to Eisenhower.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham