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George (Bancroft) ABBE {US} [M: 1911 Jan 28 - 1989 Mar 15] Bird In The Mulberry: Collected Lyrics, 1937-1954 [p|{54:E}1954] Prof, Edward ABBEY, aka 'Cactus Ed' {US} [M: 1927 Jan 29 - 1989 (wrongly 1979) Mar 14 (or 2)] Jonathan Troy [f|{54:E:US}1954] (Marguerite) Fay (nee?)Greene ADAMS, Mrs TIEGS {US} [F: 1903 - ?] Your World And Mine (w G S DAWSON & E W TIEGS) [n|{51:R}1951/{54:E}1954/65] Prof, Mortimer Jerome ADLER {US} [M: 1902 Dec 28 - 2001 Jun 28] Research On Freedom [n|{54:E}1954] Edith Josephine AGNEW {US} [F: 1897 Oct 13 (or 12) - 1988 Feb 20] Nezbah's Lamb [{54:E}1954] Prof, William Foxwell ALBRIGHT {US} [M: 1891 May 24 - 1971 Sep 19] The Bible After Twenty Years Of Archaeology, 1932-1952 [n|{54:E}1954] Henry Wilson ALLEN, aka Heck ALLEN {US} [M: 1912 Sep 29 - 1991 Oct 26] Death Of A Legend (aka: The Raiders) (ps: Will HENRY) [f|{54:E:US}1954] The Fourth Horseman (ps: Will HENRY) [f|{54:E:US}1954] The Tall Men (ps: Clay FISHER) [f|{54:E:US}1954] Merritt Parmelee ALLEN {US} [M: 1892 Jul 2 - 1954 Dec 26] The Wilderness Way [f|{54:E}1954] Marguerite ALLIS {US} [F: 1885 or 1886 or 1887 - 1958] Brave Pursuit [f|{54:E}1954] Prof, Gordon (Willard) ALLPORT {US} [M: 1897 Nov 11 - 1967 Oct 9] The Nature Of Prejudice [n|{54:E}1954] Arthur Joseph ALTMEYER {US} [M: 1891 May 8 - 1972 Oct 16] Your Stake In Social Security [n|{54:E}1954] Delano (L) AMES {US} [M: 1906 May 29 - 1987 Jan] Crime, Gentlemen, Please (US: Coffin For Christopher) [f|{54:E}1954] (William) Lacey AMY {US} [M: 1878 - 1962] Blue Pete In The Badlands (ps: Luke ALLAN) [f|{54:E:US}1954] Catherine (nee)Corley ANDERSON {US} [F: 1909 Mar 21 - 2001 Dec 12] Officer O'Malley On The Job [f|{54:E}1954] Frank W ANDERSON {US} [M: ? - ?] Bushed [{54:E:US}1954] John Murray ANDERSON {CA} [M: 1886 Sep 20 - 1954 Jan 30] Out Without My Rubbers [a|{54:E:US}1954] Roy Chapman ANDREWS {US} [M: 1884 Jan 26 - 1960 Mar 11] k Beyond Adventure [n|{54:E}1954] William (Thomas) ARD {US} [M: 1922 Jul 7 - 1960 Mar 12] Don't Come Crying To Me [f|{54:E:US}1954] John ASHMEAD {US} [M: 1887 - ?] The Wings Of The Phoenix (ed) [n|{54:E:US}1954] Roger D AYCOCK {US} [M: 1914 Dec 6 - 2004 Apr 5] An Earth Gone Mad [f|{54:E}1954] Quincy Claude AYRES {US} [M: 1891 May 30 - 1963 May 1] Engineering For Agricultural Drainage (w H B ROE) [n|{54:E}1954] H W BAILEY {US} [M: 1919 - ?] Jim Kent's Dangerous Mission [f|{54:E}1954] Jim Kent And The Air Bandits [f|{54:E}1954] Willis Todhunter BALLARD {US} [M: 1903 Dec 13 - 1980 Dec 27] Rawhide Gunman [f|{54:E:US}1954] Squire Omar BARKER {US} [M: 1894 Jun 16 - 1985 Apr 2] Songs Of The Saddlemen [p|{54:E:US}1954] Sunlight Through The Trees [p|{54:E:US}1954] Levi Elder BARTON {US} [M: 1870 Apr 25 - 1965 May 31] Amazing Grace [{54:E}1954] (Blanche) Helen BAUER, Mrs CARLQUIST {US} [F: 1899 (wrongly 1900) Aug 14 - 1988 Sep 20] Good Times At Home [n|{54:E}1954] Good Times At The Park [n|{54:E}1954] Albert Croll BAUGH {US} [M: 1891 Feb 26 - 1981 Mar 21] English Literature: A Period Anthology (jt ed) [n|{54:E}1954] Carleton (Blick) BEALS {US} [M: 1893 Nov 13 - 1979 Jun (or Apr) 4 or 26] Our Yankee Heritage - The Making Of Bristol [n|{54:E}1954] May (nee)Randlette BECK {US} [F: 1874 Jun 7 - 1968 May 11] Life's Golden Glow [{54:E}1954] Ben(=Benjamin) BENSON {US} [M: 1915 - 1959] The Girl In The Cage [f|{54:E}1954] 543-44-2607Ralph Criswell BENSON {US} [M: 1911 Apr 19 - 2009 May 28] Cancer Of The Female Genital Tract (w Herbert F TRAUT) [n|{54:E}1954] Katherine Fiske BERRY {US} [F: 1877 or 1878 Aug 31 - 1972 Aug 9] Camping Characters/Characteristics On Casco Bay [{54:E}1954] Curtis (Kent) BISHOP {US} [M: 1912 Nov 10 (or 12) - 1967 Mar 17] Larry Leads Off [f|{54:E}1954] Walter Hart BLUMENTHAL {US} [M: 1883 Feb 9 - 1969 Jun 3] Rendezvous With Chance: How Luck Has Shaped History [n|{54:E}1954] Maxwell BODENHEIM, ne BODENHEIMER {US} [M: 1892 (or 1891 or 1893) May 26 - 1954 Feb 6 or 7] My Life And Loves In Greenwich Village [a|{54:E}1954] Prof, Jesse Franklin BONE {US} [M: 1916 May 17 - 1986 Oct] Observations On The Ovaries Of Infertile...Dairy Cattle... [n|{54:E:US}1954] Charles Pius BONINI {US} [M: 1933 Nov 22 - 2012] Business And Economic Statistics (w W A SPURR) [n|{54:E}1954/{61:E}1961] Prof, Woodrow Wilson BORAH {US} [M: 1912 Dec 23 - 1999 Dec 9 (or 10)] Early Colonial Trade And Navigation Between Mexico And Peru [n|{54:E}1954] William Frederick BRAGG {US} [M: 1892 Jul 16 - 1967 Jan 26] Stampede Jones [f|{54:E:US}1954] Maverick Showdown [f|{54:E:US}1954] Guns Of Roaring Fork [f|{54:E:US}1954] Dorothy BRANDON, nee BARRETT {US} [F: c1899 Feb 24 - 1977 Jun 15] Mamie Doud Eisenhower: A Portrait Of A First Lady [b|{54:E}1954] Edgar Watterson BRANYON {US} [M: 1890 (wrongly 1870) Sep 28 - 1982 May 6] History Of Hamilton High School [n|{54:E}1954] Frank Nathan Daniel BUCHMAN {US} [M: 1878 Jun 4 - 1961 Aug 7] Remaking Men [n|{54:E}1954] Louis Francis BUDENZ {US} [M: 1891 Jul 17 - 1972 Apr 27] The Techniques Of Communism [n|{54:E}1954] Hal(=Harold) (Bernard) BURTON {US} [M: 1908 Apr 15 - 1992 Mar 9] The Vity Fights Back [{54:E}1954] Katherine (nee)Kurz BURTON {US} [F: 1890 - 1969] The Stars Beyond The Storms: Father Etienne Pernet... [b|{54:E}1954] Children's Shepherd:...John Christopher Drumgoole... [b|{54:E}1954] Martin CAIDIN {US} [M: 1927 Sep 14 (wrongly 17) - 1997 Mar 24] Rockets And Missiles: Past And Future [n|{54:E}1954] Frances (Elizabeth) CAVANAH {US} [F: 1897 (wrongly 1899 and 1889) Sep 26 - 1982 (wrongly 1962) May] We Came To America [n|{54:E}1954] Elizabeth (Jane) COATSWORTH, Mrs BESTON {US} [F: 1893 May 31 - 1986 Aug 31 (or Sep 2)] Mountain Bride: An Incredible Tale [f|{54:E}1954] Joseph A COCANNOUER {US} [M: ? - ?] Farming With Nature [n|{54:E:US}1954] Prof, Robert Peter Tristram COFFIN {US} [M: 1892 Mar 18 - 1955 Jan 20] Hellas Revisted (ed?) [p|{54:E}1954] Morris COHEN {US} [M: 1911 Nov 27 - 2005 May 27] Dislocations In Metals (ed) [n|{54:E}1954] Will(=William) (Everett) COOK {US} [M: 1921 - 1964 Jul] Frontier Feud [f|{54:E:US}1954] Prairie Guns [f|{54:E:US}1954] William Robert COX {US} [M: 1901 Apr 14 - 1988 Aug (wrongly Jul) 7] Make My Coffin Strong [f|{54:E:US}1954] Prof, Robert (White) CREELEY {US} [M: 1926 May 21 - 2005 Mar 30] The Gold Diggers [s|{54:E}1954] Sumner Davis CUSHMAN (ps: Dan CUSHMAN) {US} [M: 1909 Jun 9 - 2001 Sep 29] Tongking! [f|{54:E:US}1954] Mildred (B) DAVIS {US} [F: 1930 - living 2022] Suicide Hour [f|{54:E}1954] Grace (nee)Strickler DAWSON {US} [F: 1891 Nov 30 - 1981 Nov 5] Your World And Mine (w Fay ADAMS & Ernest W TIEGS) [n|{51:R}1951/{54:E}1954/65] Ida DEAN, nee BEAR, 2:Mrs GRAE {US} [F: 1913 (wrongly 1914 or 1918) Jan 28 - 2009 Jul 14] Dressing The Loom: A Handbook For Weavers [n|{54:E}1954] Prof, Roy Joseph DEFERRARI {US} [M: 1890 Jun 1 - 1969 Aug 24] Latin And Religion Syllabi In The Minor Seminary (ed) [n|{54:E}1954] The Social Sciences In Catholic College Programs (ed) [n|{54:E}1954] Lew DIETZ {US} [M: 1906 (or 1907) May 22 - 1997 Apr 26 (or 27)] Jeff White, Forest Fire Fighter [f|{54:E}1954] Finley Peter DUNNE (ps: F P D) {US} [M: 1867 Jul 10 - 1936 Apr 24] Mr Dooley, Now And Forever [s|{54:E}1954] Edward Roe EASTMAN {US} [M: 1885 Sep 29 - 1970 Dec] Not With Dreams [{54:E}1954] Prof, Franklin EDGERTON {US} [M: 1885 Jul 24 - 1963 Dec 7] Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Language And Literature [e|{54:E}1954] Prof, Ernst EKMAN {US} [M: 1926 Oct 28 - 1981 Oct 13] Government, Politics And Law...Scandinavian... (w Å SANDLER) [n|{54:E}1954] Walter (Yeeling) EVANS-WENTZ {US} [M: 1878 Feb 2 - 1965 Jul 17] The Tibetan Book Of The Great Liberation (ed) [n|{54:E}1954] Paul Warren FAIRMAN {US} [M: 1916 - 1977] The Joy Wheel [f|{54:E}1954] Samson Lane FAISON, Jr {US} [M: 1907 Nov 16 - 2006 Nov 11] Édouard Manet (1832-1883) [n|{54:E}1954] Cliff(=Clifford) FARRELL, aka Alfonso FARRELL {US} [M: 1899 Nov 20 - 1977 Nov 5] Follow The New Grass [f|{54:E:US}1954] Prof, Leon Aryeh FELDMAN {US} [M: 1921 Oct 25 - 2008 Jul 23] The Jewish Experience In America (jt ed) [n|{54:E}1954] Frederick FENNELL {US} [M: 1914 Jul 2 - 2004 Dec 7] Time And The Winds:...Wind Instruments In The Orchestra... [n|{54:E}1954] Prof, Henry Sheldon FITCH {US} [M: 1909 Dec 25 - 2009 Sep 8] * Life History And Ecology Of The Five-Lined Skink... [n|{54:E}1954] Thomas Theodore FLYNN (Jr) {US} [M: 1902 Aug 8 (wrongly 5) - 1979 Jan 8] Two Faces West [f|{54:E:US}1954] Prof, Kenneth Joseph FOREMAN (Sr) {US} [M: 1891 Sep 4 - 1967 Mar 3] God's Will And Ours [n|{54:E}1954] Leonard London FOREMAN {UK/US?} [M: 1901 Jun 23 - 1969 Sep] Arrow In The Dust [f|{54:E:US}1954] Kenneth Abrams FOWLER {US} [M: 1900 Oct 8 - 1987 Mar 24] Outcast Of Murder Mesa [f|{54:E:US}1954] Lawrence Kelso FRANK {US} [M: 1890 Dec 6 - 1968 Sep 23] Feelings And Emotions [n|{54:E}1954] How To Be A Woman (w Mary H FRANK) [n|{54:E}1954] How To Be A Modern Leader [n|{54:E}1954] Mary H FRANK, 2:Mrs PERRY {US} [F: c1890 - after 1976] How To Be A Woman (w Lawrence K FRANK) [n|{54:E}1954] Frances (Mary) FROST, 1:Mrs BLACKBURN, 2:Mrs STONEY {US} [F: 1905 Aug 3 - 1959 Feb 11] This Rowdy Heart [{54:E}1954] Isabella (Stewart) GARDNER, 1:Mrs van KIRK, 2:Mrs SEYMOUR, 3:Mrs McCORMICK, 4:Mrs TATE {US} [F: 1915 Sep 7 - 1981 Jul 7] Birthdays From The Ocean [p|{54:E}1954] Peter(=Pietro) (Baptisto) GERMANO {US} [M: 1913 May 17 - 1983 Sep 20] Cain Basin (ps: Barry CORD) [f|{54:E:US}1954] The Sagebrush Kid (ps: Barry CORD) [f|{54:E:US}1954] Morton GERTLER {US} [M: 1915 Jun 18 - 2004 Nov 15] A Reanalysis Of The Original Test Data For The Taylor... [n|{54:E}1954] Inez (nee)Haynes GILLMORE, 2:Mrs IRWIN {US} [F: 1873 Mar 2 - 1970 Sep 25 or 30] Maida's Little House Party [f|{54:E}1954] Frederick Dilley GLIDDEN (ps: Luke SHORT) {US} [M: 1908 Nov 19 - 1975 Aug 18 (wrongly 8)] The Man On The Blue [f|{54:E:US}1954] Jonathan Huriff GLIDDEN, aka Otis H GAYLORD (ps: Peter DAWSON) {US} [M: 1907 - 1957 Jul 22] Dead Man Pass [f|{54:E:US}1954] Prof, Thomas Harper GOODSPEED {US} [M: 1887 May 17 - 1966 May 17] The Genus Nicotiana: Origins, Relationships And Evolution... [n|{54:E}1954] Hal/Harold Leland GOODWIN {US} [M: 1914 Nov 20 - 1990 Feb 18] The Golden Skull (ps: John BLAINE) [f|{54:E}1954] Marjorie F GRAHAM {US} [F: ? - ?] El Paso - Then And Now (w Cleofas CALLEROS) [n|{54:E}1954] Shirley Edward GREENE {US} [M: 1911 Jan 5 - 1996 Jun 1] The Education Of Migrant Children [n|{54:E}1954] Ben(=Benjamin) Samuel GROSS {US} [M: 1891 (or 1890) Nov 24 (or 23) - 1979 Aug 14 (or 13)] I Looked And I Listened [a|{54:E}1954] Frank GRUBER {US} [M: 1904 Feb 2 - 1969 Dec 9] Rebel Road [f|{54:E:US}1954] F F GWINN {US} [?: ? - ?] Patty Smith Hill In Louisville [n|{54:E:US}1954] Eugene Edward HALLERAN {US} [M: 1905 Feb 28 - 1994 Feb 16] Winter Ambush [f|{54:E:US}1954] Donald (Bengtsson) HAMILTON {US} [M: 1916 Mar 24 - 2006 Nov 20] Night Walker (UK: Rough Company) [f|{54:E:SIM?}1954] Smoky Valley [f|{54:E:US}1954] Prof, George Heard HAMILTON {US} [M: 1910 Jun 23 - 2004 Mar 29] The Art And Architecture Of Russia [n|{54:E}1954] Prof, Georgia (Elma) HARKNESS {US} [F: 1891 Apr 21 - 1974 Aug 21] The Sources Of Western Morality (UK: Sources Of Western Culture) [n|{54:E}1954] Ernest (James) HAYCOX {US} [M: 1899 Oct 1 - 1950 Oct 13] Guns Up; and, The Hour Of Fury [s|{54:E:US}1954] Winds Of Rebellion [s|{54:E:US}1954] Prairie Guns [f|{54:E:US}1954] William HEUMAN {US} [M: 1912 Feb 11 - 1971 Aug 11] Gunhand From Texas [f|{54:E:US}1954] Gunnar HJERSTEDT {US} [M: 1904 - 1969] Death House Doll (ps: Day KEENE) [f|{54:E}1954] His Father's Wife (ps: Day KEENE) [f|{54:E}1954] Sleep With The Devil (ps: Day KEENE) [f|{54:E}1954] Prof, William Thomas HOGAN {US} [M: 1919 Apr 30 - 2002 Jan 12] The Development Of American Heavy Industry In The Twentieth Century [n|{54:E}1954] Charles Thomas HOLLAND {US?} [M: 1905 - ?] Coal-Mine Bumps [n|{54:E:US}1954] Leslie Townes HOPE (ps: Bob HOPE) {US} [M: 1903 May 29 - 2003 Jul 27] This Is On Me [a|{54:E}1954] Have Tux Will Travel (w Pete MARTIN) [a|{54:E}1954] William L HOPSON {US?} [M: ? - ?] Apache Greed [f|{54:E:US}1954] Bullet-Brand Empire [f|{54:E:US}1954] (George) Rolfe HUMPHRIES {US} [M: 1894 Nov 20 - 1969 Apr 22] Poems Collected And New [p|{54:E}1954] John Marvin HUNTER {US} [M: 1880 Mar 18 - 1957 Jun 29] Peregrinations Of A Pioneer Printer [a|{54:E}1954] Walter Mahan JACKSON {US} [M: 1898 - 1956] The Story Of Selma [n|{54:E}1954] Will(=William) (Fitzgerald) JENKINS {US} [M: 1896 Jun 16 - 1975 Jun 8] 18361 Operation, Outer Space [f|{54:E:US}1954] The Forgotten Planet [s|{54:E:US}1954] The Black Galaxy [f|{54:E:US}1954] Edith E JOHNSON {US} [F: ? - ?] Leaves From A Doctor's Diary [{54:E}1954] Juanita (Clare) JONES, nee NUTTALL {US} [F: 1912 Dec 20 - 1996 Mar 13] David, Warrior Of God: A Novel-Biography Of King David [f|{54:E}1954] Archie (Lynn) JOSCELYN {US} [M: 1899 Jul 25 - 1986 Feb 28] Brand Of Iron [f|{54:E}1954] Trapper's Rendezvous (UK: Wyoming Rendezvous) [f|{54:E:US}1954] Christmas Carol KAUFFMAN, nee MILLER, 1:Mrs HOSTETLER {US} [F: 1901 (wrongly 1902) Dec 25 - 1969 Jan 30] Not Regina [f|{54:E}1954] Baynard (Hardwick) KENDRICK {US} [M: 1894 Apr 8 - 1977 Mar 22] They Never Talk Back (w Henry TREFFLICH) [{54:E}1954] Philip L KETCHUM {US} [M: 1902 Oct 19 - 1969 Dec 13] The Saddle Bum [f|{54:E:US}1954] The Texas Gun [f|{54:E:US}1954] Gun Law [f|{54:E:US}1954] Manuel KOMROFF {US} [M: 1890 Sep 7 - 1974 Dec 10] Gods And Demon [n|{54:E}1954] Napoleon [{54:E}1954] Herbert (Arthur) KRAUSE {US} [M: 1905 May 25 - 1976 Sep 22] The Oxcart Trail [f|{54:E:US}1954] Jessie Royce(=Royse) LANDIS, nee MEDBURY, 2:Mrs SMITH, 3:Mrs SEITZ {US} [F: 1904 Nov 25 - 1972 Feb 2] You Won't Be So Pretty [a|{54:E}1954] George LANGFORD {US} [M: 1876 May 26 - 1964 Jun 16] Senrac The Lion Man: Adventures Of A Boy In The Stone Age [f|{54:E}1954] Alan (Brown) LE MAY / LeMAY {US} [M: 1899 Jun 3 (or 7) - 1964 Apr 27] The Searchers [f|{54:E:US}1954] Maxwell LEHMAN {US} [M: ? - ?] Jobs After Retirement (w Morton YARMON) [n|{54:E}1954] Prof, Victor Fritz LENZEN {US} [M: 1890 Dec 14 - 1975 Jul 18] Causality In Natural Science [n|{54:E}1954] Marguerite (nee)Rush LERNER {US} [F: 1924 May 7 - 1987 Mar 3] Dermatologic Medications (w Aaron Bunsen LERNER) [n|{54:E}1954/{60:E}1960] Milton LESSER {US} [M: 1928 Aug 7 - 2008 Feb 22] Catch The Brass Ring (ps: Stephen MARLOWE) [f|{54:E}1954] Prof, Paul Myron Anthony LINEBARGER, Jr {US} [M: 1913 Jul 11 - 1966 Aug 6] Far Eastern Government And Politics (w A W BURKS & D CHU) [n|{54:E}1954] Stewart Joseph LLOYD {US} [M: 1881 Sep 12 - 1959] Eugene Allen Smith, Alabama's Great Geologist [b|{54:E}1954] Prof, Robert Harry(=Heinrich) LOWIE {US} [M: 1883 Jun 12 - 1957 Sep 21] Toward Understanding Germany [n|{54:E}1954] Rev, Charles (Shelton) LUDWIG {US} [M: 1918 Jan 8 - 2002 Nov 22] Rogue Elephant: A Missionary Adventure Story... [f|{54:E}1954] Chuma: A Missionary Adventure Story For Girls [f|{54:E}1954] Mamie (Idell) (nee)Medley McALISTER {US} [F: 1903 Feb 17 - 1989 Sep 25] Flowing Thoughts [p|{54:E}1954] William David McCAIN {US} [M: 1907 Mar 29 - 1993 Sep 5] Laws Of The Mississippi Territory, May 27, 1800 [n|{54:E}1954] Prof, Frederick Dean McCLUSKY {US} [M: 1896 Jan 1 - 1981 Nov 27] The Audio-Visual Reader (w ?) [n|{54:E}1954] Lucile McDONALD, nee SAUNDERS {US} [F: 1898 Sep 1 - 1992 Jun 23] Friday's Child (w Zola ROSS) [f|{54:E:US}1954] (Allan) William Colt MacDONALD {US} [M: 1891 Dec 2 - 1968 Mar 27] Two-Gun Deputy [f|{54:E:US}1954] Judge, Robert Stetson MACFARLANE {US} [M: 1899 Jan 15 - 1982 Mar 6] Henry Villard And The Northern Pacific [n|{54:E:US}1954] Rod(=Rodney) (Marvin) McKUEN {US} [M: 1933 Apr 29 - 2015 Jan 29] And Autumn Came [p|{54:E}1954/69] Prof, Wayne Leslie MacNAUGHTON {US} [M: 1902 Mar 23 - 1982 Jan 21] Industrial Relations And The Government (w Joseph LAZAR) [n|{54:E}1954] (William) D'Arcy McNICKLE {US} [M: 1904 Jan 18 (wrongly 14) - 1977 Oct (wrongly Dec) 10 or 15] Runner In The Sun: A Story Of Indian Maize [n|{54:E:US}1954] Marion Walden MARCHER {US} [F: 1890 Dec 16 - 1987 Nov 5] Monarch Butterfly [{54:E}1954] Prof, Ernest (Cummings) MARRINER {US} [M: 1891 Oct 16 - 1983 Feb 8] Kennebec Yesterdays [n|{54:E}1954] Prof, William Thomas MARROCCO {US} [M: 1909 (wrongly 1906) Dec 5 - 1999 Jan 1] Music Of Jacopo Do Bologna [n|{54:E}1954] Norman Bloss MAVITY {US?} [M: 1880 Jan 21 - 1951 Jul 30] The Mavity Family [n|{54:E:US}1954] Prof, Edward Leslie MAYO {US} [M: 1904 Jul 26 - 1979 Dec c3] The Center Is Everywhere [p|{54:E}1954] Marjorie(=Margaret) (Price) MEDARY {US} [F: 1890 Jul 24 - 1980 May 21] Each One Teach One: Frank Laubach, Friend To Millions [{54:E}1954] Paul Everett MEEHL {US} [M: 1920 Jan 3 - 2003 Feb 14] Clinical Versus Statistical Prediction [n|{54:E}1954] George MILBURN {US} [M: 1906 Apr 27 - 1966 Sep 22] Hoboes And Harlots [s|{54:E:US}1954] Prof, Clarence Alonzo MILLS {US} [M: 1891 Dec 9 - 1974 Sep 17] Air Pollution And Community Health [n|{54:E}1954] Dwight Bennett NEWTON {US} [M: 1916 Jan 14 (wrongly 16 or 18) - 2013 Jun 30] Rainbow Rider (US: Triple Trouble) [f|{54:E:UK}1954] Fire In The Desert (ps: Ford LOGAN) [f|{54:E:US}1954] Alice Mary NORTON {US} [F: 1912 Feb 17 - 2005 Mar 17 (or 18)] Space Pioneers (ps: Andre NORTON) (ed) [{54:E}1954] Jack/John (Sherman) O'BRIEN {US} [M: 1898 or 1899 Aug 18 - 1938 Dec 6] Silver Chief's Revenge [f|{54:E}1954] George PATTULLO {CA} [M: 1879 Oct 9 - 1967 Jul 30] Morning After Cometh [{54:E:US}1954] Mark PERLMAN {US} [M: 1923 Dec 23 - 2006 May 3] Judges In Industry [n|{54:E}1954] Richard Scott PRATHER {US} [M: 1921 Sep 9 - 2007 Feb 14 (or 16)] Pattern For Panic [f|{54:E}1954] (William) Tom(=Thomas) PRIDEAUX {US} [M: 1908 May 9 - 1993 May 8] World Theatre In Pictures [n|{54:E}1954] Prof, Oreste PUCCIANI {US} [M: 1916 Apr 7 - 1999 Apr 28] The French Theater Since 1930 [n|{54:E}1954] Prof, Albert Van Siclen PULLING {US} [M: 1891 Aug 27 - 1980 Apr 16] The Principles Of Canoeing (ps: Pierre PULLING) [n|{54:E}1954] Clayton (Thomas) RAND {US} [M: 1891 May 25 - 1971 Feb 26] Stars In Their Eyes: Dreamers And Builders In Louisiana [b|{54:E}1954] Clarence Belden RANDALL {US} [M: 1891 Mar 5 - 1967 Aug 4] A Foreign Economic Policy For The United States [n|{54:E}1954] Helen REILLY, nee KIERAN {US} [F: 1890 (or 1891) - 1962 Jan 11] Tell Her It's Murder [f|{54:E}1954] Lewis Charles REIMANN {US} [M: 1890 Sep 22 - 1961 Aug 20] Hurley - Still No Angel [{54:E}1954] (Henry) Grantland RICE {US} [M: 1880 Nov 1 - 1954 Jul 13] The Tumult And The Shouting: My Life In Sport [a|{54:E}1954] William Emerson RITTER {US} [M: 1856 Nov 19 - 1944 Jan 10] Charles Darwin And The Golden Rule (ed Edna W BAILEY) [n|{54:E}1954] Tom(=Thomas) (B) ROAN {US} [M: 1892 (or 1894) Dec 9 - 1958 Apr (wrongly Jul) 17] Stable Boy (ps: Adam REBEL) [f|{54:E:US}1954] Prof, Abraham Aaron/Aron ROBACK {PL/US:1942} [M: 1890 Jun 19 - 1965 Jun 7] Destiny And Motivation In Language [n|{54:E:US}1954] Frank Chester ROBERTSON {US} [M: 1890 Jan 12 - 1969 Jul 29] Hero's Walk (ps: Robert CRANE) [f|{54:E:US}1954] Carey ROCKWELL [house pseudonym] 19027 The Revolt On Venus [f|{54:E:US}1954] 18786 Treachery In Outer Space [f|{54:E:US}1954] Zola (Helen) ROSS, nee GIRDEY {US} [F: 1907 (or 1912) May 9 - 1989 Nov 20] No Tears At The Funeral (ps: Helen ARRE) [f|{54:E:US}1954] Friday's Child (w Lucile McDONALD) [f|{54:E:US}1954] Stanley ROTHENBERG {US} [M: 1930 Jun 8 - 2006 Nov 3] Copyright And Public Performance Of Music [n|{54:E}1954] Edwin Alfred Robert RUMBALL-PETRE {US?} [M: 1881 - 1954] Rare Bibles: An Introduction For Collectors... [n|{54:E:US}1954] Prof, Oscar J RUMPF {US} [M: 1908 (wrongly 1903) Mar 31 - 2000 Nov 15] The Prayers Of Jesus, Teacher's Edition [n|{54:E}1954] Jack (Warner) SCHAEFER {US} [M: 1907 Nov 19 - 1991 Jan 24] The Pioneers [s|{54:E:US}1954] Nat SCHMULOWITZ {US} [M: 1889 Mar 29 - 1966 Feb 25] The Peoples Ancient And Just...William Penn...William Mead [n|{54:E:US}1954] Prof, Samuel SELDEN {US} [M: 1899 Jan 2 - 1979 Apr 27] Frederick Henry Koch, Pioneer Playmaker (w Mary T SPHANGOS) [b|{54:E}1954] Producing America's Outdoor Dramas (w others) [n|{54:E}1954] Prof, Edward Hetzel SHAFER {US} [M: 1913 Aug 23 - 1991 Feb 9] The Empire Of Min [n|{54:E:US}1954] Herbert(=Herman) (Arthur) SHAPIRO (Sr) {US} [M: 1899 May 24 - 1975 Mar 15] Two-Gun Texas (ps: Burt ARTHUR) [f|{54:E:US}1954] Lillian (Eugenia) SMITH {US} [F: 1897 Dec 12 - 1966 Sep 28] The Journey [a|{54:E}1954] Prof, Inez SPECKING {US} [F: 1890 (wrongly 1895) Apr 8 - 1963 Feb 23] A Shakespeare For Children [n|{54:E}1954] Mary Tom SPHANGOS, nee COLONES, 2:Mrs HOFFLER {US} [F: 1921 Jun 30 - 2017 Apr 23] Frederick Henry Koch, Pioneer Playmaker (w Samuel SELDEN) [b|{54:E}1954] Prof, William Alfred SPURR {US} [M: 1905 Dec 24 - 1975 Mar] Business And Economic Statistics (w C P BONINI) [n|{54:E}1954/{61:E}1961/67] Thad(=Thaddeus) (Garland) STEM, Jr {US} [M: 1916 Jan 24 - 1980 Jun 22] The Jackknife Horse [p|{54:E}1954] Rex (Todhunter) STOUT {US} [M: 1886 Dec 1 - 1975 Oct 27] Die Like A Dog [f|{54:E}1954] Three Men Out [s|{54:E}1954] Michael (Whitney) STRAIGHT {US} [M: 1916 Sep 1 - 2004 Jan 4] Trial By Television [n|{54:E:US}1954/1979] Mary (O'Hara) STURE-VASA, nee ALSOP, 1:Mrs PARROT {US} [F: 1885 Jul 10 - 1980 Oct 15] Novel-In-The-Making (ps: Mary O'HARA) [a|{54:E:US}1954] Guy Lynn SUMNER {US} [M: 1885 Apr 8 - 1952 Apr 7] The Story Of W T Grant (w W T GRANT) [b|{54:E}1954] Prof, Marie (nee)Collins SWABEY {US} [F: 1890 (wrongly 1880) Dec 8 - 1966 Mar 3] The Judgment Of History [n|{54:E}1954] Edith Brittain (nee)Crenshaw TATUM {US} [F: 1877 Sep 2 - 1955] Orchestra Of Space, Wind And Trees [{54:E}1954] Thomas THOMPSON, aka 'Tommy' THOMPSON {US} [M: 1913 Feb 24 - 1993 Jun 10] They Brought Their Guns [s|{54:E:US}1954] Frank(=Francis) Xavier TOLBERT (Sr) {US} [M: 1912 Jul 27 - 1984 Jan 10] Bigamy Jones [f|{54:E:US}1954] Prof, Herbert Frederick TRAUT {US} [M: 1894 Apr 3 - 1963 Jan 28] Cancer Of The Female Genital Tract (w Ralph C BENSON) [n|{54:E}1954] Wilbur Coleman TUTTLE {US} [M: 1883 Nov 11 - 1969 Jun 6] Thunderbird Range [f|{54:E:US}1954] Lyndall Fownes URWICK {UK} [M: 1891 Mar 3 - 1983 Dec 5] Management Education In American Business [n|{54:E:US}1954] Prof, Samuel VAN VALKENBURG {NL/US} [M: 1890 or 1891 Sep 14 - 1976 Apr 18] Elements Of Political Geography (w Carl STOTZ) [n|{39:E}1939/{54:E}1954] Myra WALDO, Mrs SCHWARTZ {US} [F: c1916 - 2004 Jul 25] The Complete Round-The-World Cookbook [n|{54:E}1954] Billy(=William) (Stephen) WARREN {US} [M: 1882 Sep 6 - 1968 Oct 18] Headquarters Ranch [f|{54:E}1954] Paul WILCHEN (ps: Paul WINCHELL) {US} [M: 1922 Dec 21 - 2005 Jun 24] Ventriloquism For Fun And Profit [n|{54:E}1954] Albert Nathaniel WILLIAMS {US} [M: 1914 Jan 19 - c1963] Paul, The World's First Missionary [b|{54:E}1954] Simon Peter, Fisher Of Men [b|{54:E}1954] Prof, Jesse Feiring WILLIAMS {US} [M: 1886 Feb 12 - 1966 Aug (wrongly Sep) 5] The Principles Of Physical Education [n|{27:R}1927/1931/{38:R}1938/{42:R}1942/{48:E}1948/{54:E}1954/{59:R}1959/64] Sheldon W WILLIAMS {US} [M: ? - ?] Dairy Marketing In The Northern Great Plains (w Ernest FEDER) [n|{54:E}1954] Neill Compton WILSON {US} [M: 1889 May 25 - 1973 Feb 2] Building Of Trans Mountain... (w Frank J TAYLOR) [n|{54:E}1954] Prof, (Philip) Quincy WRIGHT {US} [M: 1890 Dec 28 - 1970 Oct 17] Problems Of Stability And Progress In International Relations [n|{54:E}1954] James (Mortimer) YAFFE {US} [M: 1927 Mar 31 - 2017 Jun 4] What's The Big Hurry? [f|{54:E}1954] Morton (Samuel) YARMON, originally GOLDSTEIN {US} [M: 1916 Mar 8 - 2005 Aug 3] Jobs After Retirement (w Maxwell LEHMAN) [n|{54:E}1954] Bp, Sanford Calvin YODER {US} [M: 1879 Dec 5 - 1975 Feb 23] Horsetrails Along The Desert [{54:E}1954]
LIKELY IN U.S. PUBLIC DOMAINThese are books by authors I suspect to be US citizens, books by non-US citizens that I suspect to have been first published in the US, and books by non-US citizens that I believe were published in the US in the same year as they were published abroad & so may not have been first (ie, by at least 30 days) published abroad. |
Prof, Rudolf (Julius) ARNHEIM {DE/US:1946on} [M: 1904 Jul 15 - 2007 Jun 9] Art And Visual Perception: A Psychology Of The Creative Eye [n|{54:E}1954/72] Grace Murray ATKIN {CA} [F: 1891 - ?] A Shadow Falls [f|{54:E:SIM?}1954] Prof, Alexander BADAWY {EG/US?} [M: 1913 Nov 29 - 1986 May] History Of Egyptian Architecture [3v|n|{54:E:EG}1954] Sonia (Elizabeth) BLEEKER, Mrs ZIM {SU/US:1935on} [F: 1909 Nov 28 - 1971 Nov 13] The Golden Book Of Indian Stamps [n|{54:E}1954/1966] Ursula (Harvey) BLOOM, 1:Mrs DENHAM-COOKES, 2:Mrs GOWER-ROBINSON {UK} [F: 1892 (wrongly 1893) Dec 11 - 1984 Oct 29 (wrongly 31)] Tonight, Josephine! (ps: Lozania PROLE) [f|{54:E:SIM?}1954] The King's Pleasure (ps: Lozania PROLE) [f|{54:E:SIM?}1954] Prof, Harry Samuel BROUDY {PL/US:1935on} [M: 1905 Jul 27 - 1998 Jun 24] Building A Philosophy Of Education [n|{54:E}1954/1961] David Van BUSH {US?} [M: 1882 - 1959] If You Want To Be Rich [n|{54:E}1954] Louis(=Leib) FALSTEIN {SU/US:1936on} [M: 1909 (or 1907) May 1 - 1995 Dec 22] Spring Of Desire [f|{54:E}1954] Sole Survivor [f|{54:E}1954] Vactor Gordon GARNETT {US?} [M: 1880 - ?] Restoring Our American Heritage [n|{54:E}1954] William Thomas GRANT {US?} [M: 1876 - ?] The Story Of W T Grant (w G Lynn SUMNER) [a|{54:E}1954] Elaine KIDNER, Mrs DAKERS (ps: Jane LANE) {UK} [F: 1905 May 27 - 1978 Jan 6] Thunder On St Paul's Day [f|{54:E:SIM?}1954] Dr, Leonard KOTKIN {US?} [M: ? - ?] Eat, Think And Be Slender [n|{54:E}1954] Prof, Waclaw LEDNICKI {PL/US?} [M: 1891 Apr 28 - 1967 Oct 29] Russia, Poland And The West [n|{54:E}1954] Charles R METZGER {US?} [M: ? - ?] Emerson And Greenough: Transcendental Pioneers Of...Esthetic [n|{54:E}1954] Prof, Pascal Prosper PARENTE {IT/US:1930on} [M: 1890 Sep 28 - 1971 Aug 10] Schoolteacher And Saint [{54:E}1954] Morris Ytterby PASQUALE {US?} [M: 1902 - 1959] Undersea Satan [{54:E}1954] Prof, Åke SANDLER {SE/US?} [M: 1913 - 2008 Jan 2] Government, Politics And Law In The Scandinavian... (w E EKMAN) [n|{54:E}1954] Prof, Manfred Max Georg SANDMANN {DE/US?} [M: 1906 Jun 2 - 1980 Nov 12] Subject And Predicate [n|{54:E}1954] Prof, Matthew SPINKA {US:1911on} [M: 1890 Jan 30 - 1972 Oct 23] Church In Communist Society [n|{54:E}1954] Henry (Herbert Frederick) TREFFLICH {DE/US:1934on} [M: 1908 Jan 8 (or 9) - 1978 Jul 7] They Never Talk Back (w Baynard KENDRICK) [{54:E}1954] (Marie) Annette(=Antoinette) TURNGREN {US?} [F: 1902 May 3 - 1980 May 14] Have A Lovely Funeral (ps: A T HOPKINS) [{54:E}1954]
POSSIBLY IN U.S. PUBLIC DOMAINThese are books by authors I believe to be non-US citizens (though may include some US citizens I have not yet identified as such) - if any of these were published in the US, the rules on works by non-US authors (see here) will apply. |
Rachel BAKER [F: 1905 - ?] Mr Turkey Gobbler, And Other Stories [s|{54:E}1954] Prof, Louise Lilian CRIPPS, 1:Mrs GLEMSER, 2:Mrs SAMOILOFF {UK} [F: 1914 Dec 13 - ?] Your First Baby [n|{54:E}1954] Josephine Aimee Campbell LESLIE (ps: R A DICK) [F: 1898 - 1979] Unpainted Portrait [{54:E}1954] Clare (Consuelo) SHERIDAN, nee FREWEN {UK} [F: 1885 Sep 9 - 1970 (wrongly 1949) May 31] To The Four Winds [a|{54:E}1954] Alexander Frank SKUTCH {CR} [M: 1904 May 20 (wrongly 4) - 2004 May 12] Life Histories Of Central American Birds [3v|n|{54:E}1954] Anonymous & Corporate Works: 25703 Northern Nut Growers Association Report...44th Annual Meeting [n|{54:E}1954]