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American Genre
Books in the American genre:
Rootabaga Country: Selections from Rootabaga Stories & Rootabaga Pigeons (1929)
A selection of stories from the first two volumes of Rootabaga Stories.
Author(s):
Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s):
Peggy Bacon
Smoky the Cow Horse (1929)
The story of a cow horse and his various masters.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Will James
Illustrator(s):
Will James
The Story of Markets (1929)
A brief history of markets, from the town square to the New York Stock Exchange.
Author(s):
Ruth Orton Camp
Illustrator(s):
Elmer Hader
Two Brothers and Their Animal Friends (1929)
Bored, two brothers go for a walk and meet many interesting friends.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1929)
An anti-slavery novel which had immense popularity prior to the Civil War. The later edition of 1935 has fewer illustrations.
Author(s):
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
The Wonder City: A Picture Book of New York (1929)
A tour of New York City.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Adventures of Johnny Appleseed (1930)
Author(s):
Henry Chapin
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
America at the Factory Gate (1930)
This illustration was probably prepared for a magazine cover, or to illustrate a magazine story. The source is currently unknown.
Author(s):
Unknown
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Angus and the Ducks (1930)
When a very curious young terrier named Angus sees that the door is open, he decides to go exploring. Little does he know what neighbors await him!
Author(s):
Marjorie Flack
Illustrator(s):
Marjorie Flack
Batiking at Home (1930)
A handbook for beginners prepared especially for the Woman's Home Companion.
The Bold Dragoon and Other Ghostly Tales (1930)
A collection of tales by Washington Irving.
Author(s):
Washington Irving
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
A Candle in the Wilderness (1930)
A historical novel that transports back to the tumultuous era of the seventeenth century in the New World.
Author(s):
Irving Bacheller
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
Cimarron (1930)
The story of the Oklahoma land rush seen through the eyes of a young family.
Author(s):
Edna Ferber
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Dollarature or The Drug-Store Book (1930)
A meditation of the merchandising of books in drugstores.
Author(s):
Ellis Parker Butler
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Golden Tales of the Old South (1930)
A collection of short stories by southern authors or about the old south.
Author(s):
Joel Chandler Harris
O. Henry
Edgar Allen Poe
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Golden Tales of the Old South (1930)
A collection of short stories by southern authors or about the old south.
Author(s):
Joel Chandler Harris
O. Henry
Edgar Allen Poe
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Jinglebob (1930)
This is an authentic tale of cattle ranching in the 1880’s.
Author(s):
Philip Ashton Rollins
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
John Brown’s Body (1930)
An epic poem about the abolitionist and domestic terrorist.
Author(s):
Stephen Vincent Benet
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Judy of the Whale Gates (1930)
A story of shipwreck in Alaska.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Burrows
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
More To and Again (1930)
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese