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Books in the American genre:

The Red Book of Animal Stories (1899)

A collection of stories about animals, mainly true. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Illustrator(s): H. J. Ford

The Army Alphabet (1900)

A militant alphabet. Read online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Harry Kennedy

The Biography of a Grizzly (1900)

The biography of a grizzly bear. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Complete Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne (1900)

The Autograph Edition, limited to 500 sets, includes 135 plates. The frontispiece in each volume is in color and also in black and white, the latter signed by the artist. The Old Manse Edition has only 100 plates but was printed from the same type an... View More

The Dolliver Romance and Kindred Tales (1900)

This volume of Hawthorne’s collected works includes shorter pieces as well as Septimus Felton. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Knickerbocker’s History of New York (1900)

A satirical look at the early history of the metropolis. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Washington Irving
Illustrator(s): Maxfield Parrish

A New Wonderland (1900)

A collection of stories that take place in Phunnyland. Read online at gutenberg.org.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Frank Ver Beck

The Songs of Father Goose (1900)

Twenty-six verses from Father Goose: His Book, set to music.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Alberta N. Hall
Illustrator(s): W. W. Denslow

A Woman Tenderfoot (1900)

A young woman goes camping in the mountain West. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)

Whirled away on a cyclone, Dorothy is set down in the Land of Oz and must find her way home with the help of the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and a pair of ruby slippers. Read for free online at the Library of Congress. For a faster download go to: Hathit... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): W. W. Denslow

Dot and Tot of Merryland (1901)

Neighbors Dot and Tot travel through a watery tunnel to a magic fairyland. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): W. W. Denslow

First Across the Continent (1901)

The first popular account of the Lewis and Clark expedition from 1804 to 1806.

Author(s): Noah Brooks
Illustrator(s): Ernest Seton Thompson
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Lives of the Hunted (1901)

The life-stories of five wild animals. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

The Master Key (1901)

When Rob strikes the Master Key, the demon of electricity appears to ply him with wondrous electrical inventions. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Fanny Y. Cory

The Arkansaw Bear (1902)

Bosephus is a recent runaway. He meets Horatio, a talking, fiddle-playing bear in a patch of Arkansas woods. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Albert Bigelow Paine
Illustrator(s): Frank Ver Beck

The Flight of Pony Baker (1902)

Pony decides nobody understands him at home and decides to run away, but can’t seem to quite carry it off. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): William Dean Howells
Illustrator(s): Florence Scovel Shinn

Krag and Johnny Bear (1902)

Stories from Lives of the Hunted including Krag, Randy, Johnny Bear and Chink. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

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

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1902)

A fictionalized account of the origin of Santa Claus. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Mary Cowles Clark

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