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James Daugherty

Author, Illustrator, Editor, Compiler

(1889 - 1974)

James Henry Daugherty was an American modernist painter, muralist, children’s book author, and illustrator. He was married to author Sonia Medvedeva Daugherty.



Bibliography

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

Clue of the Faded Dress (1938)

When a young woman is accused of theft, her four friends rally 'round to solve this Tennessee mountain mystery.

Author(s): Maristan Chapman
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Comanche (1951)

This is the story of the Battle of the Little Bighorn as seen by the sole surviving participant on the American side, Captain Miles Keogh’s horse, Comanche.

Author(s): David Appel
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

The Connecticut Cookbook (1944)

This is a collection of recipes from Connecticut kitchens, equally adapted for wartime and peacetime.

The Conquest of Montezuma’s Empire (1928)

A condensed version of Prescott’s Conquest of Mexico, which was originally published by Andrew Lang in his The True Story Book. It tells the deathless story of how Hernando Cortez and a small band of Spanish adventurers conquered the evil kingd... View More

Courageous Companions (1929)

The story of an English lad who sails with Magellan around the world.

Author(s): Charles Finger
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1929

Daniel Boone: Wilderness Scout (1922)

A biography of Daniel Boone who opened the Kentucky wilderness

Author(s): Stewart Edward White
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Drake’s Quest (1927)

The swashbuckling adventures of Sir Francis Drake.

Author(s): Cameron Rogers
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Early Moon (1930)

A collection of poems by the Prairie Poet.

Author(s): Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1930

Following Folktales Around the World (1949)

One of two articles from Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia.

Author(s): Mary Gould Davis
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Gillespie and the Guards (1956)

Gillespie sets out to prove the three sharp-eyed guards are not as sharp as they think.

Author(s): Benjamin Elkin
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 1957

Green Gravel (1937)

A story of a young girl and her family in an Illinois farm town.

Author(s): Dora Aydelotte
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Henry David Thoreau: A Man for Our Time (1967)

Selected writings of the author and philosopher for young people.

Author(s): Henry David Thoreau
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Heroes in American Folklore (1962)

This is an omnibus that includes Casey Jones, Old Stormalong, John Henry, Steamboat Bill and Joe Magarac.

Author(s): Irwin Shapiro
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty
Donald McKay

Heroic America: James Daugherty’s Mural Drawings from the 1930’s (1998)

The catalog for an exhibit devoted to James Daugherty’s murals from the 1930’s.

Author(s): Rebecca Lawton
John Solum
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Hugh Gwyeth (1928)

A romance of the English Civil War.

Author(s): Beulah Marie Dix
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

In the Beginning (1941)

Chapter one of the Book of Genesis, from the King James Version.

Author(s): The Bible
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Irene of Tundra Towers (1928)

A story of Alaska, with a young woman heroine.

Author(s): Elizabeth Burrows
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

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