James Daugherty
(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
Morgan’s Fourth Son (1940)
When the youngest son decides to leave the farm as his older brothers have his parents object.
The Mountain of Jade (1926)
An adventure story set in Alaska among the Coppermine River eskimo. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
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Of Courage Undaunted (1951)
The story of the exploration of the West by the Corps of Discovery.
The Oregon Trail (1931)
Francis Parkman took a tour of the West before settling down to write his histories. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
An Outline of Government in Connecticut (1944)
A guide to state government, produced by the Connecticut legislature.
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Over the Blue Wall (1937)
A history of the lands west of the Appalachians to the Mississippi, from Ponce de Leon to Jefferson.
The Picnic: A Frolic in Two Colors and Three Parts (1958)
A retelling of the fable of the lion and the mouse.
The Plucky Allens (1925)
Four orphans are raised by their aunt in the good old fashioned way.
Poor Richard (1941)
A biography of Benjamin Franklin for young people.
A Promise to Our Country (1961)
A former nuclear submarine commander explicates the Pledge of Allegiance.
The Railroad to Freedom: A Story of the Civil War (1932)
A story about the underground railroad that brought slaves from the South to Canada.
The Rainbow Book of American History (1955)
A popular history of the United States from the Vikings to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The Rainbow Book of American History (1968)
A popular history of the United States from the Vikings to the space age.
Reading Without Boundaries (1956)
A collection of essays presented to Anne Carroll Moore on the fiftieth anniversary of the New York Public Library’s Children’s section.
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Recruiting Posters Issued by the U.S. Navy Since the Declaration of War (1918)
A collection of posters.
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Robert Goddard Trail Blazer to the Stars (1964)
The life of the rocket pioneer.
The Sign of the Buffalo Skull (1932)
A biography of Jim Bridger, mountain man.
Sir Nigel (1931)
Tells of the youth and young manhood of the commander of The White Company.
Some We Loved (1935)
A novel of manners set in depression-era Milwaukee.
The Sound of Trumpets: Selections from Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971)
Selections from the works of the prolific nineteenth century American essayist, best know as leader of the transcendentalist movement, defined by his aunt as “a strange mixture of atheism and false independence.”
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