Grant, Gordon 1875-1962

Overview

Works:	235 works in 526 publications in 4 languages and 8,977 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction History Personal narratives‡vBritish Juvenile works Religious fiction Didactic fiction Biography Pictorial works Science fiction Dystopias
Roles:	Author, Illustrator, Former owner
Classifications:	PS2972, 813.52

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Gordon Grant

Sketchbook by Gordon Grant( Book )
Penrod by Booth Tarkington( Book )
Greasy luck; a whaling sketch book by Gordon Grant( Book )
Gordon Grant sketchbook by Gordon Grant( Book )
Grant, Gordon, 1875-1962 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material] by Gordon Grant( Book )

Winter harbor by Gordon Grant( Visual )
Kennebunkport Post Office mural correspondence and photographs( )
William Dolan Fletcher papers by William Dolan Fletcher( )
Peter Giopulos files on campus art by Peter Giopulos( )
Grant, Gordon Hope by Mantle Fielding( )
Ships and the sea by Gordon Grant : Nov. 3-22, 1930 by Gordon Grant( Book )
Exhibition along shore subjects in water color by Gordon Grant( Book )
Exhibition and sale of water colors of maritime subjects by Gordon Grant : October 23-November 5, 1929( Book )
Harbor scene by Gordon Grant( Visual )
by Gordon Grant( )
Ships and the sea by Gordon Grant : Nov. 12-24, 1928 by Gordon Grant( Book )
Gordon Grant (1875-1962) : Dockside (Painting) by Sotheby's (Firm)( )
Gordon Grant (1875-1962) : Misty Morning, Gloucester (Painting), ca. 1930( )
Gordon Grant 1875-1962 biographical file( )
Gordon Grant( Book )

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Most widely held works by Gordon Grant

Penrod by Booth Tarkington( Book )

26 editions published between 1914 and 2016 in English and Dutch and held by 996 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The story of a boy growing up in Indianapolis at the turn of the century

Penrod : his complete story by Booth Tarkington( Book )

15 editions published between 1914 and 1956 in English and Undetermined and held by 862 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Pt. 1. Penrod - - pt. 2. Penrod and Sam. - - pt. 3. Penrod Jashber

The eternal sea : an anthology of sea poetry by W. M Williamson( Book )

9 editions published between 1946 and 1969 in English and held by 643 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The book of old ships and something of their evolution and romance : wherein will be found drawings and descriptions of many varieties of vessels, both long and round, showing their development from most remote times; the portraiture of their progress, their garnishment, etc., etc., together with divers dissertations upon the origins of shipping; also an appendix wherein will be discovered to the inquisitive much information appertaining to the ancient uses and customs of the sea and mariners by Henry B Culver( Book )

16 editions published between 1924 and 1977 in English and held by 567 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Unrolling the map; the story of exploration by Leonard Outhwaite( Book )

15 editions published between 1933 and 1972 in English and held by 469 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Presents a chronology of the exploration and mapping of the globe by tracing the contributions of explorers through the centuries

Ramsey Milholland by Booth Tarkington( Book )

2 editions published in 1919 in English and held by 414 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The old man and the little boy, his grandson, sat together in the shade of the big walnut tree in the front yard, watching the "Decoration Day Parade," as it passed up the long street; and when the last of the veterans was out of sight the grandfather murmured the words of the tune that came drifting back from the now distant band at the head of the procession. "Yes, we'll all feel gay when Johnnie comes marching home again," he finished, with a musing chuckle. "Did you, Grandpa?" the boy asked. "Did I what?

The book of old ships, and something of their evolution and romance by Henry B Culver( Book )

26 editions published between 1924 and 1992 in English and held by 410 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Wherein will be found drawings and descriptions of many varieties of vessels, both long and round, showing their development from most remote times; the portraiture of their progress, their garnishment, ect., ect., ect

Penrod Jashber by Booth Tarkington( Book )

7 editions published between 1929 and 2008 in English and held by 330 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Penrod Schofield, writing a book about a handsome bandit, takes on the personality of his fictional detective Jashber and sets up an investigative agency in his father's stable

The keeper of the bees by Gene Stratton-Porter( Book )

3 editions published in 1925 in English and held by 314 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Veteran escapes from hospital to avoid being sent to tubercular isolation camp, and finds health in aiding a beekeeper

Options by O Henry( Book )

2 editions published in 1909 in English and held by 241 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"A collection of short stories, which includes:, ''The Rose of Dixie'', 'The Third Ingredient', 'The Hiding of Black Bill', 'Schools and Schools', 'Thimble, Thimble', 'Supply and Demand', 'Buried Treasure', 'To Him Who Waits', 'He Also Serves', 'The Moment of Victory', 'The Head-Hunter', 'No Story', 'The Higher Pragmatism', 'Best-Seller', 'Rus in Urbe', 'A Poor Rule.'"--Provided by publisher

Forty famous ships : their beginning, their life histories, their ultimate fate; being a collection of short, pleasant and diverting dissertations anent the several vessels therein comprehended, all of which have played their parts, some large, some small, in the great world drama of the sea, in acts of strife & in peaceful scenes, from the early Christian era to the present day ; how and why they gained their great reputations; and sundry facts relative to their dimensions, rigging, furniture, etc., etc., etc. ; based upon the accounts of reputable and reliable authorities, both ancient and modern, and devoid of technical or tiresome refinements ... by Henry B Culver( Book )

7 editions published between 1935 and 1938 in English and held by 227 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Being a collection of short, pleasant and diverting dissertations anent the several vessels therein comprehended, all of which have played their parts, some large, some small, in the great world drama of the sea, in acts of strife & in peaceful scenes, from the early Christian era to the present day. How and why they gained their great reputations; and sundry facts relative to their dimensions, rigging furniture, etc., etc., etc.; based upon the accounts of reputable and reliable authorities, both ancient and modern, and devoid of technical or tiresome refinements

Watch below; a reconstruction in narrative form of the golden age of steam when coal took the place of wind and the tramp steamer's smoke covered the seven seas by William McFee( Book )

3 editions published in 1940 in English and held by 191 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The scarlet plague by Jack London( Book )

12 editions published between 1915 and 2015 in English and Portuguese and held by 162 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"One of the first works of post-apocalyptic fiction, this novella by the great American storyteller was originally published in 1912. The tale unfolds decades after a pandemic has destroyed 99 percent of human life, leaving a primitive world in which art, science, and learning are legends, recalled only by elderly survivors."--

The life & adventures of John Nicol, mariner; his service in king's ships in war & peace, his travels & explorations by sea to remote & unknown countries in merchant vessels, whalers, and other sundry craft; together with copious notes & comments on ships, the officers and shipmates with whom he served, the customs & traditions of the sea and of the inhabitants of distant lands both savage and civilized, their religions, culture, & industries, etc., etc., etc by John Nicol( Book )

4 editions published in 1936 in English and held by 142 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The book of old ships : from Egyptian galleys to clipper ships by Henry B Culver( Book )

6 editions published in 1992 in English and held by 139 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Noted maritime artist Gordon Grant has created 80 line illustrations of some of history's most important sailing ships, beginning with an Egyptian galley (c. 1600 B.C.) and ending with a five-masted clipper ship of 1921. In between the reader will find a Roman trireme, a Viking longship, a 16th-century caravel, an East Indiaman of 1750, a New Bedford whaling bark, and dozens of lesser-known vessels

Participation in the social security system : experiments in local consultation by Paul Swift( Book )

8 editions published in 1994 in English and held by 100 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Greasy luck; a whaling sketch book by Gordon Grant( Book )

7 editions published between 1932 and 2013 in English and held by 96 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The life and adventures of John Nicol, mariner by John Nicol( Book )

9 editions published between 1936 and 2006 in English and French and held by 93 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Presents the edited memoirs of eighteenth-century sailor John Nicol in which he tells of his many seafaring adventures

Panama and the canal in picture and prose by Willis J Abbot( Book )

8 editions published between 1913 and 1914 in English and held by 92 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The master-rogue; the confessions of a Crœsus by David Graham Phillips( Book )

7 editions published between 1903 and 1968 in English and Undetermined and held by 73 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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