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Books in the American genre:

Twas the Night Before Christmas (1912)

Twas the night before Christmasand all through the house,Not a creature was stirring,Not even a mouse. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Clement C. Moore
Illustrator(s): Jessie Willcox Smith

The Amateur Gentleman (1913)

Barnabas Barty comes into the possession of a vast fortune and determines to use it to become a gentleman. He must first knock his father down, although as respectfully as may be. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Jeffery Farnol
Illustrator(s): Herman Pfeifer

Camping on the Great Lakes (1913)

A story of boys boating and camping on the Great Lakes. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Raymond S. Spears
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

The Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger (1913)

The Cowardly Lion and Hungry Tiger decide to test their virtue and pass. Read online at gutenberg.org.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

The Jack-Knife Man (1913)

A Mississippi river rat finds himself with two children and decides to get them a mother. It was made into a movie. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Ellis Parker Butler
Illustrator(s): Hanson Booth

Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse (1913)

Jack Pumpkinhead and his friend the Wooden Sawhorse rescue two children lost in the woods. Read online at gutenberg.org.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

Little Dorothy and Toto (1913)

Dorothy and Toto are exploring the further recesses of Oz when they meet a miniature giant. Read online at gutenberg.org.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

Little Lord Fauntleroy (1913)

When his uncles die, Cedric becomes heir to his grandfather’s estate, and soon takes over the old gentleman’s heart as well. Reginald Birch did a new suite of illustrations for this edition. The scan is of the original edition. Read onlin... View More

The New Wizard of Oz (1913)

This was a cheaper reprint edition. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): W. W. Denslow

Ozma and the Little Wizard (1913)

Ozma and the Wizard are traveling through her realm and are assaulted by three imps. Read online at gutenberg.org.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913)

Ojo the Unlucky travels to the Emerald City along with the Patchwork Girl and the Glass Cat to free his Unc Nunkie from a magic spell. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

The Railroad Book (1913)

Two children discover the railroad in their back yard. Read for free online at the Brooklyn Public Library.

Author(s): E. Boyd Smith
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman (1913)

The Scarecrow and Tin Woodman have a boating accident and are aided by a flock of mischievous crows and the Wizard. Read online at gutenberg.org.... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

Sinopah, the Indian Boy (1913)

The story of Sinopah, a Blackfoot Indian boy who grew up to become the great chief Pitamakan. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): James Willard Schultz
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

Tad Sheldon, Boy Scout (1913)

Early boy scout adventures along Yaquina Bay in Oregon where the troop patrols for mariners in distress.

Author(s): John Fleming Wilson
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Tiktok and the Nome King (1913)

The Nome King breaks Tiktok into a thousand pieces but Kaliko puts him back together again. Read online at Project Gutenberg.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

Wild Animals at Home (1913)

More descriptions of wild animals in their native habitat, chiefly Yellowstone National Park. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

The Boy Emigrants (1914)

Two young men head west by Conestoga to find a better life. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Noah Brooks
Illustrator(s): Harvey Thomas Dunn

Freckles (1914)

A young man missing his right hand undertakes to guard the Limberlost from timber thieves.

Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Gene Stratton-Porter
Illustrator(s): Thomas J. Fogarty

Little Wizard Stories of Oz (1914)

Six short stores about favorite denizens of the fairyland of Oz. Read online at gutenberg.org.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

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