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Books in the American genre:

The Delineator September 1921 (1921)

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Marie Lawson drew the cover for this issue. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): George R. Chester
Various
Illustrator(s): Marie A. Lawson
Robert Lawson
Et al

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The Delineator September 1921 (1921)

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Robert Lawson drew an illustration for part III of The Wonderful Adventures of Little Prince Toofat on page 18. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): George R. Chester
Various
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson
Et al

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In Pawn (1921)

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Another tale of Muscatine, this time about a lazy junk man and his young boy. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Ellis Parker Butler
Illustrator(s): R. L. Lambdin

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Indiscretions of Archie (1921)

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Archie, a bankrupt Englishman brings his wife to her native New York to seek her father’s blessing (and a dowry would also be nice) and immediately gets into a row with a hotelier who turns out to be his father-in-law. Read online at archive.or... View More

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

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Indiscretions of Archie (1921)

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Archie, a bankrupt Englishman brings his wife to her native New York to seek her father’s blessing (and a dowry would also be nice) and immediately gets into a row with a hotelier who turns out to be his father-in-law. Read online at archive.or... View More

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

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Jill the Reckless (1921)

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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. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

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

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Money in My Socks Says Pat O'Brien Go Jingle 'em 'an See (1921)

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The publication details of this image have not yet been located. View online at freelibrary.

Author(s): Unknown
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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Moon Sailing (1921)

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This illustration appeared in The Designer and The Woman's Magazine for March 1921.

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

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Rip Van Winkle (1921)

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Out hunting, Rip plays at bowls with the men of the mountains and drinks too deeply of their liquor. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Washington Irving
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

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Robinson Crusoe (1921)

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First published is 1719, this account of ‘eight and twenty years, all alone on an uninhabited island on the coast of America’ was based on the experiences of Alexander Selkirk, who was marooned on an island in the Pacific Ocean. Most rece... View More

Author(s): Daniel Defoe
Illustrator(s): Frederick Alfred Rhead
Louis Rhead
Frank Schoonover

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The Royal Book of Oz (1921)

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In search of his family tree, the Scarecrow tumbles down through the earth to the Silver Islands. Is he really the Emperor, Chang Wang Woe? Originally credited to L. Frank Baum, The Royal Book of Oz was actually written by the young Ruth Plumly Thomp... View More

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

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Captain Blood His Odyssey (1922)

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Doctor Peter Blood is taken up in the aftermath of Monmouth’s Rebellion in 1685 and transported as a convict-slave to Barbados. Based on a true story the book tells of his transformation into the dread pirate Captain Blood. Read online at Hathi... View More

Author(s): Rafael Sabatini
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

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Daniel Boone: Wilderness Scout (1922)

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A biography of Daniel Boone who opened the Kentucky wilderness

Author(s): Stewart Edward White
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

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The Delineator February 1922 (1922)

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Robert Lawson drew illustrations for The Wonderful Adventures of Little Prince Toofat on page 18. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson
Et al

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The Delineator July 1922 (1922)

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Robert Lawson illustrated Martin Forgot by Ellis Parker Butler on pages 18-19. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Ellis Parker Butler
Various
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson
Et al

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The Delineator July 1922 page 19 (1922)

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Robert Lawson illustrated Martin Forgot by Ellis Parker Butler on pages 18-19. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Ellis Parker Butler
Various
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson
Et al

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The Delineator March 1922 (1922)

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The Delineator was a monthly pictorial review. In this issue the cover is by Robert Lawson and on page 18 is an illustration for The Last Adventure of Little Prince Toofat, drawn by him. And on page 70, there is an advertisement illustrated by M... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson
Maxfield Parrish
Et al

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The Delineator March 1922 (1922)

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The Delineator was a monthly journal covering fiction, current events, community improvement and dress making. Read this March 1922 issue online for free at Hathitrust. Here are some items of special interest: On page 18, see an illustration for The... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson
Maxfield Parrish
Et al

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Five Little Friends (1922)

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Five school friends and their adventures in school and out. Read online at gutenberg.org.

Author(s): Sherred Willcox Adams
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham

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Gentle Julia (1922)

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Julia Atwater’s large family connection, and especially her niece Florence, takes an intense interest in her social life. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Booth Tarkington
Illustrator(s): Worth Brehm
C. Allan Gilbert

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