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American Genre
Books in the American genre:
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1928)
The fearful ride of Ichabod Crane and his encounter with the headless horseman has entered American folklore.
Author(s):
Washington Irving
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
A Little Girl of Nineteen Hundred (1928)
A story of village life at the turn of the twentieth century based on the author’s own childhood.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Longshanks (1928)
Tad Hopkins is on his way downriver to New Orleans to meet his father when he is unceremoniously tossed into the river by a thief. He is rescued by a young flatboat man - Abe Lincoln.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward C. Caswell
Me and Henry and the Artillery (1928)
An account of two artillery men in the closing days of the World War I on the western front.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
None
Millions of Cats (1928)
The Monk of Hambleton (1928)
Detective Peter Creighton gets caught up in a mystery after a strike at a tannery.
Author(s):
Armstrong Livingston
Illustrator(s):
Elmer Hader
Pleasant Pathways (1928)
A primary school reader.
Author(s):
Aymer Jay Hamilton
Wilhelmina Harper
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Rocky Billy (1928)
The adventures of a young mountain goat. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Holling C. Holling
Illustrator(s):
Holling C. Holling
The Shadow of the Hawk (1928)
Having just escaped from an island prison more deadly than Devil’s Island, Dawkins knew better than to get involved with young Nina, but finds it impossible to resist.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Smuggler’s Island and the Devil Fires of San Moros (1928)
Author(s):
Clarissa Kneeland
Illustrator(s):
Wallace Goldsmith
F. C. Yohn
The Story of Old Ironsides: The Cradle of the United States Navy (1928)
Author(s):
Alden Arthur Knipe
Emilie Benson Knipe
Illustrator(s):
Mead Schaeffer
Tuftoo the Clown (1928)
Tuftoo is a marionette who is found by two children, who end up joining the puppet show themselves.
Author(s):
Howard R. Garis
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
The Wonderful Locomotive (1928)
Peter takes Old 44 on her last magical transcontinental run from New York to San Francisco and back in six days.
Author(s):
Cornelia Meigs
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Alexander Botts, Earthworm Tractors (1929)
When Alexander Botts offers his services to the Earthworm Tractor Company, they do not realize what they are in for - fortunately for them and for us.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Tony Sarg
Deep Water Days (1929)
A collection of sea stories with illustrations by different artists.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Frank Schoonover
N. C. Wyeth
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Dorna or The Hillvale Affair (1929)
A summertime story and a mystery.
Author(s):
Ellis Parker Butler
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Early Candlelight (1929)
A novel of Minnesota and Fort Snelling in the early days of the Northwest Territory.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
T. S. Hunner
A Gentleman of Leisure (1929)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Little Blacknose: The Story of a Pioneer (1929)
Author(s):
Hildegarde Hoyt Swift
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Penrod Jashber (1929)
Further adventures of Penrod and Sam.
Author(s):
Booth Tarkington
Illustrator(s):
Gordon Grant