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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

Marcus and Narcissa Whitman: Pioneers of Oregon (1953)

The story of the missionaries and their massacre.

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

Mashinka’s Secret (1932)

A story of Masha Oblonoff’s life in Russia at the time of the revolution.

Author(s): Sonia Medvedeva Daugherty
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

The Memoirs of Benvenuto Cellini (1932)

The autobiography of a Renaissance goldsmith and sculptor.

Author(s): Robert Henry Hobart Cust
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Morgan’s Fourth Son (1940)

When the youngest son decides to leave the farm as his older brothers have his parents object.

Author(s): Margaret I. Ross
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

The Mountain of Jade (1926)

An adventure story set in Alaska among the Coppermine River eskimo. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Of Courage Undaunted (1951)

The story of the exploration of the West by the Corps of Discovery.

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

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.

Author(s): Francis Parkman
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

An Outline of Government in Connecticut (1944)

A guide to state government, produced by the Connecticut legislature.

Over the Blue Wall (1937)

A history of the lands west of the Appalachians to the Mississippi, from Ponce de Leon to Jefferson.

Author(s): Etta Lane Matthews
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

The Picnic: A Frolic in Two Colors and Three Parts (1958)

A retelling of the fable of the lion and the mouse.

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

The Plucky Allens (1925)

Four orphans are raised by their aunt in the good old fashioned way.

Author(s): Clara Dillingham Pierson
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Poor Richard (1941)

A biography of Benjamin Franklin for young people.

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

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1942

A Promise to Our Country (1961)

A former nuclear submarine commander explicates the Pledge of Allegiance.

Author(s): James Calvert
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

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.

Author(s): Hildegarde Hoyt Swift
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1933

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.

Author(s): Earl Schenck Miers
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

The Rainbow Book of American History (1968)

A popular history of the United States from the Vikings to the space age.

Author(s): Earl Schenck Miers
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

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.

Author(s): James Daugherty
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Illustrator(s): Valenti Angelo

Robert Goddard Trail Blazer to the Stars (1964)

The life of the rocket pioneer.

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

The Sign of the Buffalo Skull (1932)

A biography of Jim Bridger, mountain man.

Author(s): Peter O. Lamb
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

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