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Books in the American genre:

The Woodcraft Manual For Girls of the Woodcraft League (1916)

An early scouting handbook for girls. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Ernest Thompson Seton
Et al
Illustrator(s): Unknown

The Yellow Hen and Other Stories (1916)

A collection of stories, including some set in Oz, with a single color illustration.

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

Dominie Dean (1917)

A humorous novel set in Muscatine. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Ellis Parker Butler
Illustrator(s): Victor Pérard

The Ford (1917)

A novel of California touching on water rights. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

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

The Gingerbread Man (1917)

This title is a reprinting of the first few chapters of John Dough and the Cherub, with a new ending. The first edition was part of Baum's Snuggle Tales and had a color frontis piece. The later edition in the Oz-Man Tales series had four color illust... View More

Jack Pumpkinhead (1917)

This "Snuggle Tale" is a separate reprinting of the first few chapters of The Marvelous Land of Oz.

Lost Endeavour (1917)

Charles Harding is shanghaied and sold as an indentured servant in America, then escapes to the Carribbean. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): Unknown

The Lost Princess of Oz (1917)

Ozma is missing, and with her, all the magic treasures of Oz. Read online at Hathitrust.

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

The Man with Two Left Feet (1917)

A collection of short stories that first appeared in magazines such as The Strand, The Saturday Evening Post, McClure’s and Collier’s. Bertie Wooster and Jeeves make their first appearance in ‘Extricating Young Gussie.’ Read o... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

The Preacher of Cedar Mountain (1917)

A novel of horse racing and Methodism. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s): Clarence Rowe

The Three Black Pennies (1917)

A novel about three generations of a family of iron founders. Dust jacket attributed to Dorothy P. Lathrop.

Author(s): Joseph Hergesheimer
Illustrator(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop

Uneasy Money (1917)

Bill Dawlish is grateful to the eccentric American millionaire who leaves him his fortune, but does not want to disinherit his bee-keeping niece and goes to America to meet her. The British edition was cut considerably. Read online at archive.org.&nb... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Clarence F. Underwood
Unknown

The Woodcraft Manual for Boys of the Woodcraft League (1917)

A scouting manual from a precursor of the Boy Scouts of America. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Japanese Prints (1918)

A collection of poems modelled on Japanese forms. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): John Gould Fletcher
Illustrator(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop

The Magnificent Ambersons (1918)

The old aristocracy of a Midwestern town finds itself displaced by the new manufacturing money. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Booth Tarkington
Illustrator(s): Arthur William Brown

Robert Lawson's World War I Sketchbook (1918)

During his deployment in France, Robert Lawson sketched the local scenery. More images are available online at freelibrary.... View More

Author(s): None
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Tang of Life (1918)

An old-fashioned cowboy shoot-em-up. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Henry Herbert Knibbs
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

The Tin Woodman of Oz (1918)

The Tin Woodman joined by his old companion the Scarecrow and young Woot the Wanderer sets out to see what became of his old love Nimmie Amee. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

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

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