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American Genre
Books in the American genre:
Li’l Abner Volume 23 Dailies 1957 (1996)
Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the twenty-third volume in the reprinting of the strip.
Author(s):
Al Capp
Illustrator(s):
Andy Amato
Al Capp
Harvey Curtis
Frank Frazetta
Walter Johnson
Et al
Li’l Abner Volume 24 Dailies 1958 (1996)
Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the twenty-fourth volume in the reprinting of the strip.
Author(s):
Al Capp
Illustrator(s):
Andy Amato
Al Capp
Harvey Curtis
Frank Frazetta
Walter Johnson
Et al
Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman (1996)
A fictionalized biography about the famous conductress of the Underground Railway as a young girl.
Author(s):
Alan Schroeder
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
The Perfect Present (1996)
Author(s):
Michael Hague
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Sam and the Tigers (1996)
A retelling of Little Black Sambo.
Author(s):
Helen Bannerman
Julius Lester
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
A Sound of Leaves (1996)
Sylvie and her family spend a week at the beach.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Lenore Blegvad
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
There’s Treasure Everywhere (1996)
Running for ten years, from 1985 to 1995, the adventures of Calvin and his tiger friend Hobbes was one of the most popular comic strips of all time.
Author(s):
Bill Watterson
Illustrator(s):
Bill Watterson
Tik-Tok of Oz (1996)
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
John R. Neill
Wagons West! (1996)
Pioneers head west to the Oregon territory by wagon train.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Roy Gerrard
Illustrator(s):
Roy Gerrard
Yankee Doodle (1996)
The Revolutionary War anthem.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Edward Bangs
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Baum’s American Fairy Tales (1997)
This edition reprints the text of the second edition from 1908 and includes fifteen stories and another new set of illustrations.
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
George O’Connor
The Hired Hand (1997)
The lazy son of the sawmill owner attempts to copy the magic of the new worker, with devastating results.
Author(s):
Robert D. San Souci
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Library Lil (1997)
When the power goes out, Library Lil comes to the town’s rescue with her bookmobile. Read online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Suzanne Williams
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Li’l Abner Volume 25 Dailies 1959 (1997)
Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the twenty-fifth volume in the reprinting of the strip.
Author(s):
Al Capp
Illustrator(s):
Andy Amato
Al Capp
Harvey Curtis
Frank Frazetta
Walter Johnson
Et al
Li’l Abner Volume 26 Dailies 1960 (1997)
Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the twenty-sixth volume in the reprinting of the strip.
Author(s):
Al Capp
Illustrator(s):
Andy Amato
Al Capp
Harvey Curtis
Frank Frazetta
Walter Johnson
Et al
The Master Key (1997)
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
Nick Bruel
Old Ironsides: Americans Build a Fighting Ship (1997)
The story of the building of the American super-frigate U.S.S. Constitution.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
David Weitzman
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
The Royal Book of Oz (1997)
Author(s):
Ruth Plumly Thompson
Illustrator(s):
John R. Neill
The Scarecrow of Oz (1997)
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
John R. Neill
Stories from the Round Barn (1997)
A collection of stories about the Dougan family farm. Read online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Jacqueline Jackson
Illustrator(s):
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