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Books in the American genre:

The One Hoss Shay with its Companion Poems (1905)

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The wonderful one hoss shay. It ran for a hundred years to a day. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Oliver Wendell Holmes
Illustrator(s): Howard Pyle

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The Outlet (1905)

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An account of the author’s experiences as a cowboy after the Civil War as Texas cattle were driven to the north to be finished for market on the plains that had been cleared of buffalo. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): Andy Adams
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

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Pigs Is Pigs (1905)

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Mike Flannery, the Westcote agent of the Interurban Express Company determines that guinea pigs should pay the same freight as hogs, not pets. The consignee refuses to pay and Mike ends up with a rapidly multiplying stock of guinea pigs.

Author(s): Ellis Parker Butler
Illustrator(s): Will Crawford

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Queen Zixi of Ix (1905)

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The evil Queen Zixi schemes to steal the fairies' magic cloak. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Frederick Richardson

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Rip Van Winkle (1905)

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A tale of Dutch New York and old Rip who played at bowls with Hendrick Hudson and his crew and slept for twenty years. This first edition has the plates all bound together at the back, as in the original issue of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. Read... View More

Author(s): Washington Irving
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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Smouldering Fires (1905)

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A story of the eruption of Mount Pelee on May 8, 1902 on the Island of Martinique in the French Antilles which killed more than 30,000 people.

Author(s): Evelyn Everett-Green
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

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The Woggle-Bug Book (1905)

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First appearing in The Land of Oz, the Woggle-Bug starred in a newspaper Sunday supplement, and a musical comedy. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Ike Morgan

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Bandit Jim Crow (1906)

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Eight brief stories about a crow who is not at all nice.

Author(s): Laura Bancroft
Illustrator(s): Maginel Wright Enright

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The Flock (1906)

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A study of the sheep rancher in California at the turn of the twentieth century. The cover is from the reprint edition. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Mary Austin
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

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The Incubator Baby (1906)

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Baby Marjorie triumphs over the committee and her scientific upbringing. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Ellis Parker Butler
Illustrator(s): May Wilson Preston

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John Dough and the Cherub (1906)

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John Dough, a living gingerbread man and Chick the Cherub, an incubator baby, have a series of adventures in the borderlands of Oz. Baum added a mystery by not revealing whether Chick was a boy or a girl, as Gene Stratton-Porter was to do with Scout ... View More

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

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Mr. Woodchuck (1906)

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Mr. Woodchuck teaches Twinkle that it is not at all nice to set leg-hold traps for people.

Author(s): Laura Bancroft
Illustrator(s): Maginel Wright Enright

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Perkins of Portland Perkins the Great (1906)

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Eight episodes in the career of Perkins of Portland, the greatest American promoter of the early twentieth century. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Ellis Parker Butler
Illustrator(s): Adrian J. Iorio

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Pigs Is Pigs (1906)

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Mike Flannery, the Westcote agent of the Interurban Express Company determines that guinea pigs should pay the same freight as hogs, not pets. The consignee refuses to pay and Mike ends up with a rapidly multiplying stock of guinea pigs. Read online ... View More

Author(s): Ellis Parker Butler
Illustrator(s): Will Crawford

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Prairie-Dog Town (1906)

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Twinkle and Chubbins pay a visit to a prairie-dog town.

Author(s): Laura Bancroft
Illustrator(s): Maginel Wright Enright

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Prince Mud-Turtle (1906)

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Twinkle rescues a fairy prince trapped in the body of a box turtle. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Laura Bancroft
Illustrator(s): Maginel Wright Enright

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The Queen’s Museum and Other Fanciful Tales (1906)

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A collection of modern fairy tales and satires including The Bee-Man of Orn and The Griffin and the Minor Canon. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Frank R. Stockton
Illustrator(s): Frederick Richardson

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The Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith (1906)

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The well known story of the Indian princess and the English hero who three times defeated the Turks in single combat. Read for free online at the Brooklyn Public Library.... View More

Author(s): E. Boyd Smith
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

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Sugar-Loaf Mountain (1906)

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Twinkle and Chubbins explore the interior of Sugar-Loaf Mountain and meet the sugar people in their sugar city. Read online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Laura Bancroft
Illustrator(s): Maginel Wright Enright

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Twinkle’s Enchantment (1906)

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Twinkle goes berry-picking in the gulch and crosses a line of enchantment. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Laura Bancroft
Illustrator(s): Maginel Wright Enright

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