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May McNeer

Author, Editor, Compiler

(1902 - 1994)

May Yonge McNeer Ward was an American journalist and author of a variety of subjects, many of which were illustrated by her husband, Lynd Ward. Her first published story appeared in a Washington, D.C. newspaper when she was eleven years old.



Bibliography

America’s Mark Twain (1962)

A brief biography of Samuel Clemens centered on his major works.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): May McNeer
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

Bloomsday for Maggie (1976)

A young newspaper reporter in Tampa, Florida, during prohibition, "stuck" with society news while wishing for a front page assignment, struggles to combat the local prejudice about a "woman's place."

Author(s): May McNeer
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

The Children of the New Forest (1930)

A family of Royalist children take to the woods to escape from their Puritan persecuters. A Robinsonnade in Merry England.

Author(s): Frederick Marryat
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

The Golden Flash (1947)

A steam-driven fire engine ends up in a mining boom town and saves the day.

Author(s): May McNeer
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1948

John Wesley (1951)

A brief biography of the Protestant founder of Methodism.

  1. Read online at archive.org

Author(s): May McNeer
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

The Story of California (1944)

An illustrated history and geography of the State of California.

Author(s): May McNeer
Illustrator(s): Cornelius Hugh De Witt

The Story of Florida (1947)

The story of Florida, copiously illustrated with lithographs.

Author(s): May McNeer
Illustrator(s): Cornelius Hugh De Witt

The Story of the Great Plains (1943)

History and geography of the Great Plains including the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and parts of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas.

Author(s): May McNeer
Illustrator(s): Cornelius Hugh De Witt

The Story of the South West (1948)

Colorful description of the southwest United States for children.

Author(s): May McNeer
Illustrator(s): Cornelius Hugh De Witt

The Story of the Southern Highlands (1945)

History and geography of the Great Smoky Mountains.

Author(s): May McNeer
Illustrator(s): Cornelius Hugh De Witt

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