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1928 | Carnack, the Life-Bringer: The Story
of a Dawn Man, Told by Himself by Oliver Marble Gale (Wise, New York) |
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1929 | Tarzan and the Lost Empire
by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Metropolis, New York) |
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1932 | Magic Portholes by Helen Follett (Macmillan, New York) |
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1933 | One Day with Manu (John C. Winston, Philadelphia) |
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1934 | One Day with Jambi in Sumatra
(John C. Winston, Philadelphia) |
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Stars to Steer By by Helen T. Follett (Macmillan, New York) |
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1935 | One Day with Tuktu, an Eskimo Boy
(John C. Winston, Philadelphia) |
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All Sail Set: A Romance of the "Flying
Cloud" -- Newbery Honor, 1936 (John C. Winston, Philadelphia) |
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Carmen, Silent Partner by Chesley Kahmann (Junior Literary Guild, New York) |
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1936 | The Codfish Musket --
Newbery Honor, 1937 by Agnes D. Hewes (Doubleday, New York) |
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Wagons Westward: The Story of the
Old Trail to Santa Fe (John C. Winston, Philadelphia) Reissued in 2001 by Godine! Check it out at Amazon.com |
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1937 | Mistress Jennifer & Master Jeremiah: A Story of the Building of Old Ironsides
by Myrtle Trachesel (Dodd, Mead, New York) |
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New World Builders: Thrilling
Days With Lewis and Clark by Blanche Woods Moorehead (John C. Winston, Philadelphia) |
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1938 | Little Eagle, a Navaho Boy (John C. Winston, Philadelphia) |
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Shuttered Windows by Florence C. Means (Newbery Honor Book author in 1946 for The Moved-Outers) (Houghton Mifflin, Boston) |
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Hell on Ice: The Saga of the "Jeannette"
by Edward Ellsberg (Dodd, New York) |
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Brothers of the Frontier
by Russell Gordon Carter (D. Appleton-Century) |
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Through the Lands of the Bible by H.V. Morton (Dodd, Mead, New York) |
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Klondike Gold by Hubert Coryell (MacMillan, New York) |
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The Story of Mankind
[1921] -- Newbery Medalist, 1922 by Hendrick Van Loon (Garden City Publishing, New York) |
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1939 | Lost Lagoon: A Pacific Adventure
(Doubleday, New York) |
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Island of the Red God
by Leta Zoe Adams (Rand McNally, New York) |
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1940 | Boat Builder: The Story of Robert
Fulton by Clara I. Judson (Scribner, New York) |
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Teri Taro from Bora Bora by William Stone (Alfred A. Knopf, New York) |
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Courage over the Andes
by Frederick Arnold Kummer (John C. Winston, Philadelphia) |
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Two Children of Brazil
by Rose Brown (Lippincott, Philadelphia) |
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Call It Courage -- Newbery
Medalist, 1941 (Macmillan, New York) |
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Faraway Ports: Easy Growth in Reading
by Hildreth, Gertrude, et al (John C. Winston, Philadelphia) |
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More Adventures: Progress in
Reading by Ernest Horn, Maude McBroom, & Kathryn Smith (Ginn & Co., Boston, 1940) |
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People and Places:Progress in
Reading by Ernest Horn, Maude McBroom, Ruth H. Bishop |
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1941 | House Afire! by Helen T. Follett (Scribner, New York) |
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Nicholas Arnold, Toolmaker
by Marion Florence Lansing (Doubleday, New York) |
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Winabojo, Master of Life by James Cloyd Bowman (Whitman, Chicago) |
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Tall Timber by Stewart H.Holbrook (MacMillan, New York) |
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Story Parade: A Collection of Modern
Stories for Boys and Girls [Gold Book] editor (John C. Winston, Philadelphia) |
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Runaway by Hildegarde Hawthorne (Grosset & Dunlap, New York) |
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1942 | Bamboo, the Grass Tree (Macmillan, New York) |
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Coconut, the Wonder Tree (Macmillan, New York) |
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No Brighter Glory (Macmillan, New York) |
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The Boy Who Was Afraid (Lane, London) |
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Ocean Outposts by Helen Follett (Scribner, New York) |
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Night Boat by Howard Pease (Doubleday, Doran, New York) |
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1943 | Dogie Boy by Edith Berrien (Whitman, New York) |
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1944 | Storm Canvas -- New
York Herald Tribune Children's Spring Book Festival Award, 1944 (John C. Winston, Philadelphia) |
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Clipper Ship Men by Alexander Laing (Garden City, New York) |
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Mystery at Thunderbolt House by Howard Pease (Doubleday, New York) |
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Story Parade Star Book Anthology includes two pages of black & white drawings by Armstrong Sperry to illustrate the poem "Ships of Free America" by James Tippett (John C. Winston, Chicago) |
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1945 | Hull-Down for Action (Doubleday, New York) |
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Jungle River [1938] by Howard Pease (Doubleday, Doran, New York) |
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Sky Highways: Geography from the
Air by Trevor Lloyd (Houghton, New York) |
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1946 | The Jinx Ship [1927] by Howard Pease (Doubleday), Tod Moran series. |
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1947 | Danger to Windward (John C. Winston, Philadelphia) |
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The Rain Forest -- Boys'
Clubs of American Junior Book Award, 1949 (Macmillan, New York) |
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1949 | Black Falcon: A Story of Piracy and Old
New Orleans (John C.Winston, Philadelphia) |
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Childcraft, Vol.5, Life in Many Lands Anthology includes the short story "Ghost of the Lagoon" (Field Enterprises, Inc., Chicago) |
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1950 | Zebulon Pike -- Real
People Series #3 by Faith Yingling Knoop (Row Peterson, Ill.) |
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Indians, Indians, Indians: Stories of Tepees and Tomahawks, Wampum Belts and War
Bonnets, Peace Pipes and Papooses Anthology contains "Buffalo and Injuns," an excerpt from Armstrong Sperry's Wagons Westward (1936) Edited by Phyllis R. Fenner. (Grosset & Dunlap, New York) |
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The Voyages of Christopher Columbus
(Spenser Press, New York) |
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1951 | The Story of Hiawatha
adapted by Allen Chaffee (Random House, New York) |
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Pirates, Pirates, Pirates: Stories of Buried Treasure and Buccaneers, Corsairs
and Cutlasses, Swashbucklers and Ships Anthology contains "Black Falcon," and excerpt from Black Falcon (1949) Edited by Phyllis R. Fenner (Grosset & Dunlap, New York) |
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Prince Henry -- Real People Series #6 by Jeannette Covert Nolan (Row Peterson, Ill.) |
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Johann Gutenberg -- Real People Series #6 by Elwyn A. Smith (Row Peterson, Ill.) |
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1952 | River of the West: The Story of the
Boston Men Illustrated by Henry C. Pitz A Winston Adventure Book (John C. Winston, Philadelphia) |
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Thunder Country (Macmillan, New York) |
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1953 | John Paul Jones, Fighting Sailor
(Random House, New York) |
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Captain James Cook -- Real People Series #7 (California State Dept. of Education, CA) |
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The Children's Hour Vol. 9: From Many Lands Anthology includes "The Forbidden Island," the final two chapters of Call It Courage (1940) Marjorie Barrows, editor (Spencer Press, New York) |
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1955 | Captain Cook Explores the South Seas
(Random House, New York) |
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Pacific Islands Speaking
(Macmillan, New York) |
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Secret of the Congo by Charlie May Simon (Ginn & Co, New York) |
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The New Basic Readers: The New Days and Deeds Anthology includes "Jonathon's Buffalo" an excerpt from Wagons Westward (1936) (Scott, Foresman and Company ) |
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1956 | Frozen Fire (Doubleday, New York) |
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1957 | All About the Arctic and Antarctic
(Random House, New York) |
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1958 | South of Cape Horn: A Saga of Nat
Palmer and Early Antarctic Exploration (John C. Winston, Philadelphia) |
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1959 | All About the Jungle
(Random House, New York) |
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1960 | All About Captain Cook (W.H. Allen, New York) |
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1961 | The Amazon, River Sea of Brazil (Garrard, New York) |
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1964 | The Story-Time Library: Adventure Stories Edited by Pauline Rush Evans Anthology includes "The First Test," an excerpt from Chapter 4 of Armstrong Call It Courage (1940) (Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY) |
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1967 | Great River, Wide Land: The Rio
Grande Through History -- Spur Nominee for Fine Writing
of the American West by the Western Writers of America, 1967 Jacket by Ellen Raskin, interior illustrations by Armstrong Sperry (Macmillan, New York) |
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