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American Genre
Books in the American genre:
Jonathan Goes West (2004)
Jonathan Brent heads for Illinois to join the father he hardly knows.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
Li’l Abner The Frazetta Years Volume 4 1960-1961 (2004)
Author(s):
Al Capp
Illustrator(s):
Andy Amato
Al Capp
Harvey Curtis
Frank Frazetta
Walter Johnson
Lumberjack (2004)
Dan Garland joins the lumber crew when they come to cut his grandfather’s pine.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Henry C. Pitz
Make Way for McCloskey (2004)
An omnibus volume including Make Way for Ducklings, Blueberries for Sal, Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man, Lentil, Time of Wonder, One Morning in Main and selections from Homer Price.
Author(s):
Robert McCloskey
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
Pinkerton and Friends (2004)
Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Queen Zixi of Ix (2004)
The evil witch Queen Zixi tries to steal the fairies' magic cloak. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
Frederick Richardson
Sabre Pilot (2004)
Kirk Owen signs up for the Air Force and is assigned to mechanic’s school where he trains on the F-86 jet fighter. When he gets a chance to attend pilot’s training he jumps at it and winds up fighting in the skies over North Korea.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
John Polgreen
Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (2004)
A favorite Christmas song in a lavishly illustrated setting.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
J. Fred Coots
Haven Gillespie
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Tintin in America (2004)
Tintin visits the USA and meet Al Capone before heading west where he encounters a tribe of Blackfeet. This is a facsimile of the original black and white version.
Uneasy Money (2004)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Andrzej Klimwoski
Alexander Botts Rides Again: More Mayhem on the Earthworm Tractor (2005)
A collection of stories about the adventures of Alexander Botts, super salesman of Earthworm tractors.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Bess and Bella (2005)
Bess is feeling terribly lonely when out of the sky tumbles a bird named Bella.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Irene Haas
Illustrator(s):
Irene Haas
Blueberry Mountain (2005)
Buck Evans and his friend Joe Sullivan start a blueberry farm. They face hard work and plenty of obstacles.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
The Coming of Bill (2005)
The story of Ruth and Kirk and their offspring Bill and how they overcame riches and a particularly poisonous busybody Aunt to find happiness.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Andrzej Klimwoski
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (2005)
Running for ten years, from 1985 to 1995, the adventures of Calvin and his tiger friend Hobbes was one of the most popular comic strips of all time. The paper-bound set is in four volumes.
Author(s):
Bill Watterson
Illustrator(s):
Bill Watterson
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (2005)
Running for ten years, from 1985 to 1995, the adventures of Calvin and his tiger friend Hobbes was one of the most popular comic strips of all time. This hardcover version of the complete works is in three volumes.
Author(s):
Bill Watterson
Illustrator(s):
Bill Watterson
Favorite stories by the creators of Curious George (2005)
Author(s):
H. A. Rey
Margret Rey
Illustrator(s):
H. A. Rey
Hank Ketcham’s Complete Dennis the Menace 1951-1952 (2005)
This is the first volume in a complete reprinting of Dennis the Menace, drawn by Hank Ketcham from 1951 to 1994.
Author(s):
Hank Ketcham
Illustrator(s):
Hank Ketcham
The Happy Egg (2005)
The early life story of an egg and its bird.
Author(s):
Ruth Krauss
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
Jill the Reckless (2005)
Jill loses her money and her fiance, goes to America, makes some money, invests it in a play that fails, Wally Mason, who has loved her since she was a child, fixes it and she has a successful play and a husband.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Andrzej Klimwoski