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History - American Genre
Books in the History - American genre:
The Buckboard Stranger (1954)
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Paul Calle
A Beast Called an Elephant (1955)
Author(s):
Phil Stong
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
The Golden History of the World: A Child’s Introduction to Ancient and Modern Times (1955)
A brief illustrated world history.
Author(s):
Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
Our Lady of Guadalupe (1955)
The story of Our Lady’s appearance to Juan Diego and the conversion of Mexico.
Author(s):
Helen Rand Parish
Illustrator(s):
Jean Charlot
The Rainbow Book of American History (1955)
A popular history of the United States from the Vikings to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Author(s):
Earl Schenck Miers
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
The Age of Fighting Sail (1956)
The fledgling United States Navy with its super frigates take on the best navy in the world.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Sydney Butchkes
Rafael Palacios
Cartier Sails the St. Lawrence (1956)
Author(s):
Esther Averill
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
My Antarctic Honeymoon (1956)
This is the narrative of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition. It took place from 1947-48.
Read online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Jennie Darlington
Jane McIlvaine
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
The Silver Mace (1956)
A brief history of the colonial capitol of Virginia up to the time of the revolution.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Junior Classics Volume 8: Stories from History (1957)
Stories, tales and poems, ancient and modern for boys and girls from six to sixteen.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Et al
The Naval War of 1812 (1957)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Rafael Palacios
Various
Watchwords of Liberty New Edition (1957)
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
American Backgrounds (1958)
An anthology of early American stories for older children.
Stories of Early America (1958)
Stories and poems about early American history for younger children.
Read online at archive.org.
What Cabrillo Found (1958)
The story of the first Spanish explorer of the west coast of North America.
Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Paul Galdone
Best in Children’s Books Volume 18 (1959)
Best in Children’s Books Volume 33 (1960)
Author(s):
Roger Duvoisin
Grace Moon
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Adrienne Adams
Richard Bennett
Richard Scarry
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 40 (1960)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, many with new illustrations.
The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night (1961)
The fox stole two of the farmer’s geese to feed his family.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Burl Ives
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Author! Author! (1962)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
None