McSpadden, J. Walker (Joseph Walker) 1874-1960

Overview

Works:	222 works in 810 publications in 1 language and 13,531 library holdings
Genres:	Stories, plots, etc Juvenile works Biography History Fiction Fairy tales Criticism, interpretation, etc Dictionaries Poetry Outlines and syllabi
Roles:	Author, Editor, Translator, Author of introduction, Composer, Adapter
Classifications:	MT95, 782.08

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about J. Walker McSpadden

Stories from Chaucer, retold from the Canterbury tales by Geoffrey Chaucer( Book )
Collection by Tennessee Society in New York( )
McSpadden, Joseph Walker by Thomas William Herringshaw( )
Stories from Chaucer : told to the children by Geoffrey Chaucer( Book )
Colorado Chautauqua : Iowa picnic( Visual )

Most widely held works by J. Walker McSpadden

The book of holidays by J. Walker McSpadden( Book )

20 editions published between 1917 and 1965 in English and held by 1,024 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Explains why and how we celebrate special holidays of the world. Includes for quick reference a list of every holiday in the United States and its possessions, the date, where celebrated and why

Operas and musical comedies by J. Walker McSpadden( Book )

15 editions published between 1946 and 1958 in English and held by 683 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The South in the building of the nation : a history of the southern states designed to record the South's part in the making of the American nation ; to portray the character and genius, to chronicle the achievements and progress and to illustrate the life and traditions of the southern people by Walter L Fleming( Book )

9 editions published in 1909 in English and Undetermined and held by 601 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

History of the states, v.1--History of the states, v.2--History of the states, v.3--Polital history, v.4--Economic history 1607-1865, v.5--Economic history 1865-1909, v.6--History of the Intellectual life, v.7--History of southern fiction, v.8--History of southern oratory, v.9--History of the social life, v.10--Southern Biography, v.11--Southern Biography, v.12--Index and study courses

Famous sculptors of America by J. Walker McSpadden( Book )

17 editions published between 1924 and 1968 in English and held by 572 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Shakespearean synopses; outlines of all the plays of Shakespeare by J. Walker McSpadden( Book )

29 editions published between 1902 and 1961 in English and Undetermined and held by 503 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi( Book )

6 editions published between 1937 and 1982 in English and held by 390 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

One day a carpenter picked up a stick of wood that talked to him, which he gave to an old man who carved it into a marionette--Pinocchio, who had many adventures with a talking cricket, telling lies, with thieves, and inside a fish

Light opera and musical comedy by J. Walker McSpadden( Book )

3 editions published in 1936 in English and held by 322 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Famous painters of America by J. Walker McSpadden( Book )

15 editions published between 1907 and 2015 in English and held by 316 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This art book on famous American painters features chapters on Benjamin West, John Singleton Copley, Gilbert Stuart and John Singer Sargent.?

Opera synopses; a guide to the plots and characters of the standard operas by J. Walker McSpadden( Book )

51 editions published between 1911 and 2001 in English and Undetermined and held by 277 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Animals of the world: "Mammals of America," "Mammals of other lands."( Book )

12 editions published between 1941 and 1987 in English and held by 244 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Young people are naturally interested in all living things. This book divides the mammals into orders, families, and species. Then follows by a diagram showing leading types of animals; and next come the animals under this order. The animals are listed in the order of hoofed, flesh-easting, gnawing, pouched, toothless, insect-eating, and bats

How they carried the mail, from the post runners of King Sargon to the air mail of to-day by J. Walker McSpadden( Book )

17 editions published between 1930 and 1963 in English and held by 228 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Indian heroes by J. Walker McSpadden( Book )

5 editions published between 1928 and 1950 in English and held by 200 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Stories from Dickens by Charles Dickens( Book )

26 editions published between 1906 and 1957 in English and held by 197 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

These are the stories of Dickens' best known boys and girls. The author has taken them directly from the larger works and seperated them from the crowded scenes where tey first appeared

Pioneer heroes by J. Walker McSpadden( Book )

7 editions published between 1929 and 1954 in English and held by 179 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Biographies of American pioneers

Grand opera in digest form by J. Walker McSpadden( Book )

5 editions published between 1954 and 1961 in English and held by 151 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Stories from Wagner by Richard Wagner( Book )

28 editions published between 1905 and 1980 in English and held by 147 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Famous ghost stories by J. Walker McSpadden( Book )

9 editions published between 1918 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 145 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Opera synopses by J. Walker McSpadden( Book )

6 editions published between 1934 and 2010 in English and held by 141 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Synopses of Dickens's novels by J. Walker McSpadden( Book )

25 editions published between 1904 and 2010 in English and held by 139 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Synopses of Dickens Novels" is designed to be a quick guide to the novels of Charles Dickens. In this handy reference volume, author J. Walker McSpadden has compiled a chronological list of all of Dickens' writings and a key that includes publication dates, scenes, personages and novel plots. The chief threads of the plots are reduced to their simplest dimensions and are given in an easy to read story-telling form

Stories from Chaucer : told to the children by Geoffrey Chaucer( Book )

10 editions published between 1907 and 1928 in English and held by 24 WorldCat member libraries worldwide