Books

Complete List of Sterling North’s Publications

1914

First published poem, printed in St. Nicholas magazine.

1925

First short story published in The Dial

POEMS, 12 lyrics published by University of Chicago Press. Received the John Billings Fiske prize. Nineteen years old.

1929

The Pedro Gorino. The adventures of a Negro sea-captain in Africa and on the seven seas in his attempts to find an Ethiopian empire. An autobiographical narrative. Published by Houghton Mifflin Co. in United States, by Harrap in London as Umbala, and in Berlin

1933

Tiger. Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co.

Midsummer Madness. Grosset

1934

Plowing On Sunday. New York: The Macmillan Company. Jacket illustration by Grant Wood

1935

So Red The Nose, Or Breath In The Afternoon: Literary Cocktails. Co-edited with Carl Kroch. Farrar & Rinehart.Five Little Bears Chicago: Rand Mcnally & Co. Reissued in 1955

1936

Night Outlasts The Whippoorwill New York: The Macmillian Company. Jacket design by Francis McCray. Published in London by Cobden-Sanderson, 1937

University Of Chicago Plays, Skits & Lyrics. Includes Two Gents From K.C.I Want A Regular Man and Helen Of Troy. Edited by Frank h. O’Hara. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Introduction to plays by Whitford Kane, introduction to skits by Beatrice Lillie.

1937

The Zipper ABC Book. Rand McNally

1939

Seven Against The Years. New York: The Macmillian Company

1940

Greased Lighting. Chicago: The John C. Winston Company, Illustrated by Kurt Wiese.

1943

Midnight And Jeremiah. Philadelphia, PA: The John C. Winston Company. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese.

1945

Speak Of The Devil. Co-edited with C.B. Boutell. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. Jacket painting by Salvador Dali.

1947

So Dear To My Heart. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc. Jacket painting by Ilonka Karasz. Walt Disney film released in 1949.

1952

The Birthday Of Little Jesus. New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Illustrated by Valenti Angelo. and lyrics for

Reunion On The Wabash. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc. Jacket design by Fred Banbery.

1956

Abe Lincoln: Log Cabin To White House. New York: Random House. Also published by Random House of Canada Limited.

Son Of The Lamp Maker: The Story Of A Boy Who Knew Jesus. Chicago: Rand McNally & Company. Illustrated by Manning de V. Lee.

1957

George Washington: Frontier Colonel. New York: Random House. Also published by Random House of Canada Limited.

1958

Young Thomas Edison. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Illustrated by William Barss.

1959

Thoreau Of Walden Pond. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Illustrated by Harve Stein.

1960

Captured By The Mohawks And Other Adventures Of Radisson.

1961

Mark Twain And The River. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Illustrated by Victor Mays.

1962

The First Steamboat On The Mississippi. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Illustrated by Victor Mays

1963

Rascal, A Memoir Of A Better Era. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc. Illustrated by John Schoenherr. Also published in Canada by Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited.

1965

Little Rascal. New York: E.P. Dutton And Company. Also published in Canada by Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited.

1966

Raccoons Are The Brightest People. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc. Illustrated by various photographers. Also published in Canada by Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, in London by Hodder. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Illustrated by Victor Mays.

Hurry Spring. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc. Drawings by Carl Burger. Also published in Canada by Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited.

1969

“Rascal” film released by Walt Disney.

The Wolfling: A Documentary Novel Of The Eighteen-Seventies. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company. Also published in Canada by Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited. Illustrated by John Schoenherr.

NORTH STAR BOOKS
Edited By Sterling North
Published By Houghton Mifflin

1958

Gold In California, by Wellman
Great Days Of Whaling, by Hough
Sailing The Seven Seas, by Chase
Young Tom Edison, Sterling North
Riders Of The Pony Express, Ralph Moody
The Trail To Santa Fe, by Lavender

1959

Around The World With Nellie Bly, by Emily Hahn
Jenny Lind Sang Here, by Kielty
Thoreau Of Walden Pond, Sterling North
Indian Wars And Warriors (East), Paul I. Wellman
Indian Wars And Warriors (West), Paul I. Wellman
Donald McKay And The Clipper Ships, Mary Ellen Chase Ticonderoga, The Story Of A Fort, Bruce Lancaster
Lafayette In America, Andre Maurois
Washington And The Revolution, by Montross

1960

Melville In The South Pacific, by Hough
Down The Colorado With Major Powell, by Ullman
The Birth Of Texas, William Weber Johnson
Captured By The Mohawk, Sterling North
The First Northwest Passage, Walter O’Meara
Robert E. Lee, Jonathan Daniels
Washington Irving, by Anya Seton
The Battle Of Lake Erie, F. Van Wyck Mason
1961 Mark Twain And The River, Sterling North
The Fishing Fleets Of New England, by Chase
Race To The Golden Spike, by Wellman
Wells Fargo, by Moody
Muir Of The Mountains, by William O. Douglas

1962

The Adventures of Lewis & Clarke, by John Bakeless
The Battle For New Orleans, by F. VanWyck Mason
The Mayo Brothers, by Helen Clapesattle
The United States Marines, by Lynn Montross and William Miller
The First Steamboat On The Mississippi, Sterling North
American Horses, Ralph Moody
Jessie Benton Fremont, by Higgins

1964

Thomas Jefferson, John Dos Passos
The Greatest Cattle Drive, by Wellman
The Battle For Quebec, F. Van Wyck Mason
Louisa May Alcott, Helen Waite Papashvily
Out National Heritage, Mario Pei