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American Genre
Books in the American genre:
The Strack Platform Readings (1925)
A collection of humorous stories suitable for recitation.
Author(s):
Ellis Parker Butler
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Animals (1926)
Selected lives from Life-Histories of Northern Animals. This appeared in many editions under various titles.
Author(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s):
McGinn
The Deerslayer or The First Warpath (1926)
Author(s):
James Fenimore Cooper
Illustrator(s):
Louis Rhead
Frank Schoonover
Juan and Juanita (1926)
Juan and Juanita and their dog Amigo are kidnapped by Comanches and held captive for four years until they make their escape and trek three hundred miles home.
Author(s):
Frances Courtenay Baylor
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
The Last of the Mohicans (1926)
This, the second book in the Leatherstocking Tales, is again set in New York during the French and Indian War. Uncas is the titular Mohican.
Author(s):
James Fenimore Cooper
Illustrator(s):
Frank Schoonover
The Mountain of Jade (1926)
An adventure story set in Alaska among the Coppermine River eskimo. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
Violet Irwin
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
ODTAA (1926)
Highworth Foliat Ridden’s father sends him out to Santa Barbara on the Spanish Main to see what he can make of himself.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
E. G. Perman
ODTAA (1926)
Highworth Foliat Ridden’s father sends him out to Santa Barbara on the Spanish Main to see what he can make of himself.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
A. D. Rahn
The Billy Bang Book (1927)
A little boy and his wild animal friends have many adventures.
Author(s):
Mabel Guinnip La Rue
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Don Coyote (1927)
A western novel about a shy cowboy who saves the heroine's father’s mine.
Author(s):
Whitman Chambers
Illustrator(s):
Elmer Hader
Donald in Numberland (1927)
A trip to Numberland helps Donald with his math.
Author(s):
Jean Murdoch Peedie
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Foam Razorback: His Life and Adventures and Other Stories (1927)
Three animal histories from Wild Animal Ways.
Author(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Growth (1927)
Author(s):
Booth Tarkington
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The House on the Cliff (1927)
Frank and Joe Hardy are following in the footsteps of their famous father.
Author(s):
Franklin W. Dixon
Illustrator(s):
None
John Martin’s Book Magazine (1927)
John Martin’s Book was a children’s magazine aimed at five- to eight-year-olds. Martin Gardner wrote that it was the “most entertaining magazine” aimed at this age group published in the U.S.
Life on the Mississippi (1927)
Mark Twain’s account of his time as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River.
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
Frank Schoonover
Walter Stewart
New York Nights (1927)
A story that captures the free atmosphere of New York during the time with time spent among the privileged — the theatre, nightclubs, speakeasies, and of course, the Village.
Author(s):
Stephen Graham
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Old Silver Grizzle the Badger (1927)
Animal histories including Old Silver Grizzle, The Squirrel, the Rabbits, Bears, The Cute Coyote, Pairie Dog and Sneak Cats.
Author(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
The Piano Movers (1927)
When the sergeant takes a shine to a piano, the batterymen are recruited to move it.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Anonymous
Pups and Pies (1927)
An omnibus edition containing That Pup, Mike Flannery, The Thin Santa Claus, The Water Goats and The Great American Pie Company.
Author(s):
Ellis Parker Butler
Illustrator(s):
Various