Books from 1956 with US copyright not renewed



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PROBABLY IN U.S. PUBLIC DOMAIN

These are books by authors I believe to be US citizens, books by non-US citizens that I believe to have been first published or simultaneously (ie, within 30 days) published in the US, and books I believe to have been published in the US by foreign authors whose period of copyright in their native country had expired by 1996 Jan 1.

Virginia (W) ABAUNZA {US} [F: 1908 Apr 26 - 1998 Apr 6]
	Sundays From Two To Six [f|{56:E}1956]

Charles Greeley ABBOT {US} [M: 1872 May 31 - 1973 Dec 17]
	Adventures In A World Of Science [n|{56:E}1956]

Prof, Mabra Glenn ABERNATHY {US} [M: 1921 Nov 25 - 1990 Jun 5]
	Organization And Jurisdiction Of The Courts Of South Carolina [n|{56:E}1956]

Dean (Gooderham) ACHESON {US} [M: 1893 Apr 11 - 1971 Oct 12]
	An American Vista [n|{56:E}1956]

Andy ADAMS {US} [M: 1859 May 3 - 1935 Sep 26]
	Why The Chisholm Trails Fords... (ed Wilson M HUDSON) [s|{56:E:US}1956]

Clifton (Hendrix) ADAMS {US} [M: 1919 Dec 1 - 1971 Oct 1]
	Never Say No To A Killer (ps: Jonathan GANT) [f|{56:E:US}1956]
	Law Of The Trigger [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Rev, (John Preston) Hampton ADAMS {US} [M: 1897 Mar 2 - 1965 Jun 14]
	Vocabulary Of Faith [n|{56:E}1956]

(Anna) Tessie AGAN {US} [F: 1897 Oct 19 - 1988 May 11]
	The House, Its Plan And Use [n|1945/{56:E}1956]

Marvin Hubert ALBERT {US} [M: 1924 Jan 22 - 1996 Mar 15 (or 24)]
	Becoming A Mother (w Theodore R SEIDMAN) [n|{56:E:US}1956/{63:R}1963/66/78]

Prof, John William ALBIG {US} [M: 1899 Jun 18 - 1963 Jan 2]
	Modern Public Opinion [n|{56:E}1956]

Prof, Raymond Wolf ALBRIGHT {US} [M: 1901 Jul 16 - 1965 Jul 15]
	A History Of The Evangelical Church [n|{42:E}1942/?/{56:E}1956]

Henry Wilson ALLEN, aka Heck ALLEN {US} [M: 1912 Sep 29 - 1991 Oct 26]
	The North Star (ps: Will HENRY) [f|{56:E:US}1956]
	Pillars Of The Sky (ps: Will HENRY) [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Robert Porter ALLEN {US} [M: 1905 Apr 24 - 1963 Jun 28]
	The Flamingos [n|{56:E}1956]

Paul Edgar ALYEA {US} [M: 1899 Sep 8 - 1975 Jan 8]
	Fairhope, 1894-1954: The Story Of A Single Tax Colony (w ?) [n|{56:E}1956]

Howard Watson AMBRUSTER {US} [M: 1878 Aug 12 - 1961 Jan 10]
	The 'Sanctity' Of I G Farben's Spy Nests [n|{56:E}1956]

Delano (L) AMES {US} [M: 1906 May 29 - 1987 Jan]
	Crime Out Of Mind [f|{56:E}1956]

Mary Edna ANDERS {US} [F: 1921 Dec 7 - 2001 Oct 18]
	Southeastern Library Association, 1920-1950 [n|{56:E}1956]

Earl William ANDERSON {US} [M: 1897 Mar 13 - 1965 Jul 21]
	A Survey Of Public Education In West Virginia (w others) [n|{56:E}1956]

Einar ANDERSON (Jr) {US} [M: 1909 Aug 21 - 1995 Feb 1]
	Mormonism [n|{56:E}1956]

John ANDERSON [M: 1771 - ?]
	A Short History Of The Life Of John Anderson [a|{56:E:US}1956]

William Otto ANDERSON {US} [M: 1920 Aug 21 - 1964 Jan 1]
	Chinese Communist Trade With Southeast Asia [n|{56:E}1956]

Benjamin APPEL {US} [M: 1907 Sep 13 - 1977 Apr 3]
	We Were There At The Klondike Gold Rush [f|{56:E}1956]

William (Thomas) ARD {US} [M: 1922 Jul 7 - 1960 Mar 12]
	Cry Scandal [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Merle (E) ARMITAGE {US} [M: 1893 Feb 12 - 1975 Mar 15]
	Brett Weston: Photographs (w Brett WESTON) [n|{56:E}1956]

Prof, Christian Ottomar ARNDT {US} [M: 1899 Nov 3 - 1966 Feb 3 or 5]
	Programs And Projects For International Understanding [n|{56:E}1956]

Prof, John (Lawrence) ASHBERY {US} [M: 1927 Jul 28 - 2017 Sep 3]
	Some Trees [p|{56:E}1956]

(William) Verne ATHANAS {US} [M: 1917 Aug 13 - 1962 Jun 21]
	Maverick [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Frank Ludwig AUERBACH {US} [M: 1910 Jun 4 - 1964 Sep 19]
	1956 Supplement To 'Immigration Laws Of The United States' [n|{56:E}1956]

Harry Mell AYERS {US} [M: 1885 Dec 18 - 1964 Oct 7]
	Education, Segregation And Suppression [n|{56:E}1956]
	North Versus South And West [{56:E}1956]

Prof, Kurt E BAER (Von WEISSLINGEN) {CH/US} [M: 1903 Nov 18 - 1979 Jun]
	The Treasures Of Mission Santa Ines [n|{56:E}1956]

Edwin BALMER {US} [M: 1883 Jul 26 - 1959 Mar 21]
	The Candle Of The Wicked [f|{56:E}1956]

Elsa (nee)McCormick BARKER {US} [F: 1906 Mar 29 - 1996 Apr 10]
	Riders Of The Ramhorn [f|{56:E}1956]

Albert Edward BARNETT, Jr {US} [M: 1895 Aug 29 - 1961]
	Andrew Sledd: His Life And Work [b|{56:E:US?}1956]

Daniel Moreau BARRINGER {US} [M: 1900 - 1962]
	And The Waters Prevailed [f|{56:E}1956]

Sister, Mary Inviolata BARRY {US} [F: 1889 - 1967]
	A Complete Index Of The 'Summa Theologica'... (w R J DEFERRARI) [n|{56:E}1956]

Erna BARSCHAK {US} [F: ? - ?]
	Today's Industrial Nurse And Her Job [n|{56:E}1956]

Albert Croll BAUGH {US} [M: 1891 Feb 26 - 1981 Mar 21]
	The English Text Of The Ancrene Riwle (ed) [n|{56:E}1956]

Carleton (Blick) BEALS {US} [M: 1893 Nov 13 - 1979 Jun (or Apr) 4 or 26]
	Adventure Of The Western Sea [{56:E}1956]

Richmond Croom BEATTY {US} [M: 1905 Jan 6 - 1961 Oct]
	The American Tradition In Literature [n|{56:E}1956]

Rachel Irene BEEBE, 1:Mrs SUTTON, 2:Mrs HUNTING, aka Margaret {US} [F: 1903 Jan 22 - 2001 Jun 21]
	The Trail Of The Green Doll (ps: Margaret SUTTON) [f|{56:E}1956]

John (Henry Newman) BEECHER {US} [M: 1904 Jan 22 - 1980 May 11]
	Land Of The Free [p|{56:E}1956]
	Observe The Time [p|{56:E}1956]

Robert (Eugene) BELL {US} [M: 1926 Oct 13 - 1999 Nov 19]
	A Bibliography Of Mobile, Alabama [n|{56:E}1956]

Ben(=Benjamin) BENSON {US} [M: 1915 - 1959]
	The Ninth Hour [f|{56:E}1956]

Ambrose (Gwinnet) BIERCE {US} [M: 1842 Jun 24 - 1914 Jan (wrongly Dec) 11]
	Ambrose Bierce's Civil War [{56:E}1956]

Prof, Woodbridge BINGHAM {US} [M: 1901 Nov 24 - 1986 May 2]
	Southeast Asia: A Brief History (w Hilary CONROY & Frank INKLE) [n|{56:E}1956]

Curtis (Kent) BISHOP {US} [M: 1912 Nov 10 (or 12) - 1967 Mar 17]
	Little Leaguer [f|{56:E}1956]

Prof, Richard Palmer BLACKMUR {US} [M: 1904 Jan 21 - 1965 Feb 2]
	Anni Mirabiles, 1921-25 [n|{56:E}1956]

Brigitte Marianne BODENHEIMER, nee LEVY {DE/US} [F: 1912 Sep 27 - 1981 Jan 7]
	Manual For Justices Of The Peace In The State Of Utah [n|{56:E}1956]

Leo BOGART {US} [M: 1921 Sep 23 - 2005 Oct 15]
	The Age Of Television [n|{56:E}1956]

Prof, Gladys Louise BORCHERS {US} [F: 1891 Jul 4 - 1988 Aug 12]
	Speaking And Listening (w Donald K SMITH & A T WEAVER) [n|{56:E}1956]

Allan Rucker BOSWORTH (Sr) {US} [M: 1901 Oct 29 - 1986 Jul 18]
	The Drifters [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Prof, (William) Edgar BOWERS (Jr) {US} [M: 1924 Mar 2 - 2000 Feb 4]
	The Form Of Loss [p|{56:E}1956]

William Frederick BRAGG {US} [M: 1892 Jul 16 - 1967 Jan 26]
	Badlands Basin [f|{56:E:US}1956]
	Buckskin Rider [f|{56:E:US}1956]
	Buzzard's Roost [f|{56:E:US}1956]
	Ride On, Cowboy! [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Edgar Watterson BRANYON {US} [M: 1890 (wrongly 1870) Sep 28 - 1982 May 6]
	People Are Funny [{56:E}1956]

Paul Frederick BRISSENDEN {US} [M: 1885 Sep 21 - 1974 Nov 29]
	The Labor Injunction In Hawaii [n|{56:E}1956]

Allison (H) (nee)Travis BROWN {US} [F: 1914 Feb 5 - 2008 May 30]
	Heritage: An Illustrated History Of Western Culture [n|{56:E}1956]

Prof, Egon BRUNSWIK {US} [M: 1903 Mar 18 - 1955 Jul 7]
	Perception And The Representative Design Of Psychological... [n|{56:E}1956]

Starling BURGESS, 1:Mrs McCREADY, 2:Mrs WOODS (ps: Tasha TUDOR) {US} [F: 1915 Aug 28 - 2008 Jun 18]
	1 Is One [{56:E}1956]

Katherine (nee)Kurz BURTON {US} [F: 1890 - 1969]
	Sorrow Built A Bridge [{37:R}1937/{56:E}1956]

Gladys E CAFFYN {US} [F: ? - 1957]
	Fragments In The Life Of Ambrose Hall [b|{56:E:US}1956]

Martin CAIDIN {US} [M: 1927 Sep 14 (wrongly 17) - 1997 Mar 24]
	The Long Night [f|{56:E}1956]
	Zero! (w J HORIKOSHI & M OKUMIYA) [n|{56:E}1956]

Frances CARPENTER, Mrs HUNTINGTON {US} [F: 1890 Apr 30 - 1972 Nov 2]
	Our Homes And Our Neighbors [n|{56:E}1956]

Fred/Frederick Ewing CASE {US} [M: 1918 Mar 20 - 2000 May 5]
	Modern Real Estate Practice: A Managerial Approach [n|{56:E}1956]

Willa(=Wilella) (Sibert) CATHER {US} [F: 1873 (wrongly 1876) Dec 7 - 1947 Apr 24]
	Father Junipero's Holy Family [s|{56:E}1956]

Jefferson Avary CHAMBERS {US} [M: 1886 Apr 8 - 1959 Dec 12]
	...Church Cemeteries In Chambers Cty, Ala (w N J CHAMBERS) [n|{56:E}1956]

Nella Jean CHAMBERS {US} [F: 1913 Apr 16 - 1959 Dec 12]
	...Church Cemeteries In Chambers Cty, Ala (w J A CHAMBERS) [n|{56:E}1956]

Alfred CHESTER {US} [M: 1929 - 1971]
	Jamie Is My Heart's Desire [f|{56:E}1956]

Sydney Aylmer CLARK {US} [M: 1890 Aug 18 - 1975 Apr 20]
	All The Best In Belgium And Luxembourg [n|{56:E}1956/?/1963]

Prof, Howard (J) CLINEBELL, Jr {US} [M: 1922 Jun 3 - 2005 Apr 13]
	Understanding And Counseling The Alcoholic Through Religion... [n|{56:E}1956]

Elizabeth (Jane) COATSWORTH, Mrs BESTON {US} [F: 1893 May 31 - 1986 Aug 31 (or Sep 2)]
	Hide And Seek [{56:E}1956]

Walt(=Walter) (J) COBURN {US} [M: 1889 Oct 23 - 1971 May 24]
	Beyond The Wild Missouri [f|{56:E:US}1956]
	One Step Ahead Of The Posse [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Will(=William) (Everett) COOK {US} [M: 1921 - 1964 Jul]
	Sabrina Kane: A Novel Of Frontier Illinois [f|{56:E:US}1956]
	The Fighting Texan [f|{56:E:US}1956]
	Trumpets Of The West [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Clarence COTTAM {US} [M: 1899 Jan 1 - 1974 Mar 30]
	Insects: A Guide To Familiar American Insects (w Herbert S ZIM) [n|{51:R:H}1951/{56:E}1956]

William Robert COX {US} [M: 1901 Apr 14 - 1988 Aug (wrongly Jul) 7]
	Five Were Chosen: A Basketball Story [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Thomas CRAVEN {US} [M: 1888 or 1889 Jan 6 - 1969 Feb 27]
	The Rainbow Book Of Art [n|{56:E}1956]

Philip Kingsland CROWE {US} [M: 1908 Mar 30 (or Jan 7) - 1976 Oct 16]
	Diversions Of A Diplomat In Ceylon [n|{56:E}1956]

Elizabeth Ellery DANA {US} [F: ? - ?]
	The Dana Family In America [b|{56:E}1956]

Jerome (Dwight) DAVIS {US} [M: 1891 Dec 2 - 1979 Oct 19]
	Religion In Action [n|{56:E}1956]

Prof, Roy Joseph DEFERRARI {US} [M: 1890 Jun 1 - 1969 Aug 24]
	The Problems Of Administration In The American College (ed) [n|{56:E}1956]
	Curriculum Of The Minor Seminary (ed) [n|{56:E}1956]
	A Complete Index Of The 'Summa Theologica'... (w M I BARRY) [n|{56:E}1956]

Edwin (Orr) DENBY {US} [M: 1903 Feb 4 - 1983 Jul 12]
	Mediterranean Cities [{56:E}1956]

August (William) DERLETH {US} [M: 1909 Feb 24 - 1971 Jul 4]
	Country Poems [p|{56:E}1956]

Bernard (Augustine) DeVOTO {US} [M: 1897 Jan 11 - 1955 Nov 13]
	Women And Children First (ps: Cady HEWES) [{56:E:US}1956]

Trella (J) (nee)Lamson DICK {US} [F: 1889 May 29 - 1974 May 10]
	Tornado's Big Year [f|{56:E}1956]

Frederick G EAST {UK/US?} [M: 1895 Jul 13 - 1983 Sep 29]
	Outlaw Brand (ps: Tom WEST) [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Annie Winifred ELLERMAN, 1:Mrs McALMON, 2:Mrs MACPHERSON {UK} [F: 1894 Sep 2 - 1983 Jan 28]
	Beowulf [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Allan Vaughan ELSTON {US} [M: 1887 Jul 28 - 1976 Oct 21]
	Showdown [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Prof, Emanuel Eric ERICSON {US} [M: 1888 Aug 18 - 1959 Oct 28]
	Teaching The Industrial Arts [n|{46:R}1946/{56:E}1956/{60:E}1960]

Hal(=Harry) George EVARTS, Jr {US} [M: 1915 Feb 8 - 1989 Aug 27]
	Ambush Rider [f|{56:E:US}1956]
	The Night Raiders [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Cole FANNIN {US} [M: ? - ?]
	Roy Rogers, King Of The Cowboys [f|{56:E}1956]

Franklin FARREL {US} [M: 1828 - 1912]
	Solid Men Of The Place Gave Strong Roots! [{56:E}1956]

James Thomas FARRELL {US} [M: 1904 Feb 27 - 1979 Aug 22]
	An Omnibus Of Short Stories [s|{56:E}1956]

(James Scott) Negley FARSON {US} [M: 1890 May 14 - 1960 Dec 12 (wrongly 13 or 14)]
	Mirror For Narcissus [a|{56:E}1956]

Frederic Leighton FAY {US} [M: 1890 Jun 9 - 1973 Jun 26]
	Student's Bible Dictionary [n|{56:E}1956]

Frederick FENNELL {US} [M: 1914 Jul 2 - 2004 Dec 7]
	The Drummer's Heritage [n|{56:E}1956]

Vardis (Alvaro) FISHER {US} [M: 1895 Mar 31 - 1968 (or 1966) Jul 9]
	Jesus Came Again: A Parable [f|{56:E:US}1956]
	A Goat For Azazel [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Thomas Theodore FLYNN (Jr) {US} [M: 1902 Aug 8 (wrongly 5) - 1979 Jan 8]
	The Man From Laramie [f|{56:E:US}1954]
	The Angry Man [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Edsel FORD {US} [M: 1928 Dec 30 - 1970 Feb 19]
	The Manchild From Sunday Creek [p|{56:E}1956]

Prof, Kenneth Joseph FOREMAN (Sr) {US} [M: 1891 Sep 4 - 1967 Mar 3]
	Candles On The Glacier [n|{56:E}1956]

Leonard London FOREMAN {UK/US?} [M: 1901 Jun 23 - 1969 Sep]
	Lone Hand [f|{56:E:US}1956]

George G FOSTER [M: ? - ?]
	Spacious Homes You Can Afford [n|{56:E:US}1956]

Norman Arnold FOX {US} [M: 1911 May 26 - 1960 Mar 24]
	War On The Range [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Lawrence Kelso FRANK {US} [M: 1890 Dec 6 - 1968 Sep 23]
	Your Adolescent At Home And In School (w Mary H FRANK) [n|{56:E}1956]

Mary H FRANK, 2:Mrs PERRY {US} [F: c1890 - after 1976]
	Your Adolescent At Home And In School (w Lawrence K FRANK) [n|{56:E}1956]

C Gordon FREDINE {US} [M: c1910 - 2006 Aug 8]
	Wetlands Of The United States (w ?) [n|{56:E}1956]

Charles Weiser FREY (ps: Ferguson FINDLEY) {US} [M: 1910 Mar 7 - 1963 Nov]
	Counterfeit Corpse [f|{56:E}1956]
	Murder Makes Me Mad [f|{56:E}1956]

Prof, Bernard FRIEDMAN {US} [M: 1915 Aug 19 (wrongly 15) - 1966 Sep 13]
	Principles And Techniques Of Applied Mathematics [n|{56:E}1956]

Frances (Mary) FROST, 1:Mrs BLACKBURN, 2:Mrs STONEY {US} [F: 1905 Aug 3 - 1959 Feb 11]
	Fireworks For Windy Foot [f|{56:E}1956]

Judge, John Romberg FUCHS {US} [M: 1886 Apr 28 - 1968 Jul 13]
	Constructive Taxation For Free Enterprise [n|{56:E}1956]

William Campbell GAULT {US} [M: 1910 Mar 9 - 1995 Dec 27]
	Fair Prey (ps: Will DUKE) [f|{56:E}1956]

Prof, Don(=Donald) Jesse GEIGER {US} [M: 1923 Mar 4 - 1987 Jan 13]
	Unexpected Truce [p|{56:E}1956]

Peter(=Pietro) (Baptisto) GERMANO {US} [M: 1913 May 17 - 1983 Sep 20]
	The Guns Of Hammer (ps: Barry CORD) [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Fred(=Frederick) (Benjamin) GIPSON {US} [M: 1908 Feb 7 or 8 - 1973 Aug 14]
	The Cow Killers: With The Aftosa Commission... (w Bill LEFTWICH) [{56:E:US}1956]

Frederick Dilley GLIDDEN (ps: Luke SHORT) {US} [M: 1908 Nov 19 - 1975 Aug 18 (wrongly 8)]
	The Branded Man [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Hal/Harold Leland GOODWIN {US} [M: 1914 Nov 20 - 1990 Feb 18]
31495	The Wailing Octopus (ps: John BLAINE) [f|{56:E}1956]

Francis Irby GWALTNEY (Sr) {US} [M: 1921 Sep (wrongly Aug) 9 - 1981 Feb 27]
	Between Heaven And Hell [f|{56:E}1956]

Berta HADER, nee HOERNER {US} [F: 1890 Aug 1 - 1976 Feb 6]
	The Runaways: A Tale Of The Woodlands (w Elmer HADER) [{56:E}1956]

Elmer (Stanley) HADER {US} [M: 1889 Sep 7 - 1973 Sep 7]
	The Runaways: A Tale Of The Woodlands (w Berta HADER) [{56:E}1956]

Walter HAGEN, aka 'The Haig' {US} [M: 1892 Dec 21 - 1969 Oct 5]
	The Walter Hagen Story [a|{56:E}1956]

Prof, Richard HAGOPIAN {US} [M: 1914 Apr 21 or 22 - 1976 Nov 25]
	Wine For The Living [f|{56:E}1956]

Emily HAHN, Mrs BOXER {US} [F: 1905 Jan 14 - 1997 Feb 18]
	Francie Comes Home [{56:E}1956]

Donald (Bengtsson) HAMILTON {US} [M: 1916 Mar 24 - 2006 Nov 20]
	Assignment Murder (aka: Assassins Have Starry Eyes) [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Francis HARPER {CA?} [M: 1886 - 1972]
	The Mammals Of Keewatin [n|{56:E:US}1956]

Prof, Lawrence Averell HARPER {US} [M: 1901 May 18 - 1989 Jun 14]
	Introduction And Guide To The Legal History Of California [n|{56:E}1956]

Phyllis (Dora) HASTINGS, nee HODGE {UK} [F: 1904 Jun 5 - 1994 Nov 29]
	The Innocent And The Wicked [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Ernest (James) HAYCOX {US} [M: 1899 Oct 1 - 1950 Oct 13]
	A Rider Of The High Mesa [f|{56:E:US}1956]
	Gun Talk And Other Stories [s|{56:E:US}1956]
	The Last Rodeo [s|{56:E:US}1956]

Prof, Robert Fleming HEIZER {US} [M: 1915 Jul (or Jun) 13 - 1979 Jul 18 (or 16)]
	Archaeology Of The Uyak Site, Kodiak Island, Alaska [n|{56:E}1956]

William HEUMAN {US} [M: 1912 Feb 11 - 1971 Aug 11]
	Man In Blue [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Victor Carr HOBDAY {US} [M: 1914 Sep 2 - 2002 Aug 15]
	An Analysis Of The 1953 Tennessee Home Rule Amendments [n|{56:E}1956/76]

(Robert) Ray(=Raymond) HOGAN {US} [M: 1908 Dec 15 - 1998 Jul 14]
	Ex-Marshal [f|{56:E:US}1956]

William L HOPSON {US?} [M: ? - ?]
	Gunfire At Salt Fork [f|{56:E:US}1956]
	Montana Gunslinger [f|{56:E:US}1956]

(James Mercer) Langston HUGHES {US} [M: 1902 Feb 1 - 1967 May 22]
	The First Book Of The West Indies [n|{56:E}1956]

Sol(=Solomon) (Isaievich) HUROK {US} [M: 1888 Apr 9 - 1974 Mar 5]
	Sol Hurok Presents [a|{56:E}1956]

Florence (nee)Page JAQUES {US} [F: 1890 Mar 7 - 1972 Jan 1]
	There Was Once A Puffin And Other Nonsense Verse [p|{56:E}1956]

Will(=William) (Fitzgerald) JENKINS {US} [M: 1896 Jun 16 - 1975 Jun 8]
	Colonial Survey (aka: The Planet Explorer) [s|{56:E:US}1956]

Richard JESSUP {US} [M: 1925 Jan 2 - 1982 Oct 22]
	Cry Passion [f|{56:E:US}1956]
	Night Boat To Paris [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Edith Warner JOHNSON {US} [F: ? - ?]
	Hold Lightly [p|{56:E}1956]

Dorothy(=Dorothea) (Roberta) (nee)Grunbock JOHNSTON {US} [F: 1915 Jul 30 - 1977 (wrongly 1979) Oct 25]
	Four Teens: How Dan And...Solve Teen-age Tangles GOD'S Way [{56:E}1956]

Juanita (Clare) JONES, nee NUTTALL {US} [F: 1912 Dec 20 - 1996 Mar 13]
	Deborah, The Woman Who Saved Israel (w James B McKENDRY) [{56:E}1956]

Archie (Lynn) JOSCELYN {US} [M: 1899 Jul 25 - 1986 Feb 28]
	Hired Gun [f|{56:E:US}1956]

James KEOGH {US} [M: 1916 Oct 28 - 2006 May 10]
	This Is Nixon [b|{56:E}1956]

Henry Hendricks KETCHAM {US} [M: 1885 - ?]
	Mostly My Own [p|{56:E}1956]

Philip L KETCHUM {US} [M: 1902 Oct 19 - 1969 Dec 13]
	Longhorn Stampede [f|{56:E:US}1956]
	The Night Of The Coyotes [f|{56:E:US}1956]
	Gun Trail (ps: Mack SAUNDERS) [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Prof, Charles Poor KINDLEBERGER, II {US} [M: 1910 Oct 12 - 2003 Jul 7]
	The Terms Of Trade: A European Case Study [n|{56:E}1956]

Leonard KNAPP, aka Ramon Felipe ALVAREZ Del REY {US} [M: 1915 Jun 2 - 1993 May 10]
20212	Police Your Planet (ps: Erik VAN LHIN) [f|{56:E}1956]

Lawrence Edward LAMB {US} [M: 1926 Oct 13 - 2015 Jul 3]
	Fundamentals Of Electrocardiography [n|{56:E}1956]

Prof, Hector (Haight) LEE {US} [M: 1908 May 16 - 1992 Jun 12]
	The College Quad (jt ed) [n|{51:E}1951/?/{56:E}1956]

Bill LEFTWICH [M: ? - ?]
	The Cow Killers: With The Aftosa Commission... (w Fred GIPSON) [{56:E:US}1956]

Paul Evan LEHMAN {US} [M: 1892 (wrongly 1893) Sep 28 - 1961 Jan 30 or Feb 1]
	The Gunhand [f|{56:E:US}1956]
	Pistol Law [f|{56:E:US}1956]
	The Vengeance Trail [f|{56:E:US}1956]
	Lynch Law (ps: Paul EVAN) [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Oliver Andrew LEONARD {US} [M: 1911 Jan 5 - 1975 Jun 24]
	Chemical Control Of Woody Plants [n|{56:E}1956]

Adm, Charles Andrews LOCKWOOD (Jr) {US} [M: 1890 May 6 - 1967 Jun 6]
	Zoomies, Subs And Zeros (w Hans C ADAMSON) [{56:E}1956]
	Through Hell And Deep Water (w Hans C ADAMSON) [{56:E}1956]

Esmond Ray LONG {US} [M: 1890 Jun 16 - 1979 Nov 11]
	History Of The Therapy Of Tuberculosis And...Frederic Chopin [n|{56:E}1956]

Walter Ewing LONG {US} [M: 1886 Nov 1 - 1973 Nov 8]
	Flood To Faucet [n|{56:E}1956]

Rev, William Joseph LONG {US} [M: 1866 (wrongly 1867) Apr 3 - 1952 Nov 9]
	The Spirit Of The Wild [n|{56:E}1956]

Rev, Charles (Shelton) LUDWIG {US} [M: 1918 Jan 8 - 2002 Nov 22]
	Chuma Finds A Baby: A Missionary Adventure Story For Girls [f|{56:E}1956]

Walter Flavius McCALEB {US} [M: 1873 (wrongly 1872) Oct 17 - 1967 Mar 2]
	The Alamo [{56:E}1956]

Anne (Elizabeth) (nee)O'Hare McCORMICK {US} [F: 1880 (or 1881 or 1882) May 16 - 1954 May 29]
	The World At Home (ed Marion Turner SHEEHAN) [n|{56:E:US}1956]

Wilfred McCORMICK {US} [M: 1903 Feb 8 - 1983 Apr 13]
	The Captive Coach [f|{56:E}1956]

Johnston McCULLEY {US} [M: 1883 Feb 2 - 1958 Nov 23]
	Gunsight Showdown [f|{56:E:US}1956]

(Allan) William Colt MacDONALD {US} [M: 1891 Dec 2 - 1968 Mar 27]
	The Devil's Drum (aka: Hellgate) [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Jerry McGILL {US} [M: ? - ?]
	Red Ryder And The Thundering Herd (w Fred HARMAN) [f|{56:E}1956]

Prof, Leonard MACHLIS {US} [M: 1915 Apr 13 - 1976 Mar 26]
	Plants In Action (w John G TORREY) [n|{56:E}1956]

Prof, John Winslow MacSWAIN {US} [M: 1915 Jan 1 - 1970 Sep 9]
	A Classification Of The First Instar Larvae Of The Meloidae... [n|{56:E}1956]

M M MANNON (see: Martha MANNON & Mary Ellen MANNON)
	The Corpse In The Elevator [f|{56:E:US}1956]

William Colfax MARKHAM {US} [M: 1868 Sep 10 - ?]
	One Hundred Years In Kansas, 1854-1954 [n|{56:E}1956]

Joost(=Abraham) (Maurits) MEERLOO {NL/US:1950on/NL:1972on} [M: 1903 Mar 14 - 1976 Nov 17]
	The Rape Of The Mind (UK: Mental Seduction And Menticide) [n|{56:E:US}1956]

Richard Louis MEIER {US} [M: 1920 May 16 - 2007 Feb 26]
	Science And Economic Development: New Patterns Of Living [n|{56:E}1956]

James Jay MONAGHAN (IV) {US} [M: 1891 Mar 19 - 1980 (wrongly 1981) Oct 11]
	Swamp Fox Of The Confederacy [n|{56:E}1956]

Rutherford (George) MONTGOMERY {US} [M: 1894 Apr 12 - 1985 Jul 3]
	Beaver Water [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Howard E MORGAN {US} [M: ? - ?]
	Turbojet Fundamentals [n|{56:E:US}1956/{58:E:US}1958]

Prof, Philip MORRISON {US} [M: 1915 Nov 7 (or 17) - 2005 Apr 22]
	Elementary Nuclear Theory (w Hans BETHE) [n|{56:E}1956]

Lucy (nee)Green NELSON {US} [F: 1895 Aug 9 - 1981 Jun 19]
	The History Of Oakleigh, An Antebellum Mansion In Mobile [n|{56:E}1956]

Dwight Bennett NEWTON {US} [M: 1916 Jan 14 (wrongly 16 or 18) - 2013 Jun 30]
	The Man From Idaho (ps: Dan TEMPLE) [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Louise Townsend NICHOLL {US} [F: 1890 Oct 24 or 25 - 1981 Nov 10]
	The Curious Quotient [p|{56:E}1956]

Prof, Jeanne Laveta NOBLE {US} [F: 1926 Jul 18 - 2002 Oct 17]
	The Negro Woman As College Graduate [n|{56:E}1956]

Alice Mary NORTON {US} [F: 1912 Feb 17 - 2005 Mar 17 (or 18)]
16921	Plague Ship (ps: Andrew NORTH) [f|{56:E}1956]
	Space Police (ps: Andre NORTON) (ed) [{56:E}1956]

Prof, Michael O'BRIEN {US} [M: 1918 Oct 1 - 1999 Jul 25]
	Shopwork Teaching Tricks (2e w Elwood JURGENSON) [n|{56:E}1956]

Theodore Victor OLSEN {US} [M: 1932 Apr 25 - 1993 Jul 13]
	Haven Of The Haunted [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Wayne Dorris OVERHOLSER {US} [M: 1906 Sep 4 (or 5) - 1996 Aug 27]
	Beyond The Pass (ps: Lee LEIGHTON) [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Martha PATTON, nee FURGERSON, 2:Mrs McLEOD {US} [F: 1925 Jan 27 - 2007 Nov 12]
	Freedom From Money Worries (w Price A PATTON) [n|{56:E}1956]

Price A PATTON {US} [M: ? - 1969]
	Freedom From Money Worries (w Martha PATTON) [n|{56:E}1956]

George PATTULLO {CA} [M: 1879 Oct 9 - 1967 Jul 30]
	How Silly Can We Get? [{56:E:US}1956]

Bp, Jarrell Waskom PICKETT {US} [M: 1890 Feb 21 - 1981 Aug]
	Church Growth And Group Conversion [n|{56:E}1956]

Richard Scott PRATHER {US} [M: 1921 Sep 9 - 2007 Feb 14 (or 16)]
	The Wailing Frail [f|{56:E}1956]

Roger (Taylor) PRICE (Jr) {US} [M: 1918 Mar 6 - 1990 Oct 31]
	I'm For Me First [n|{56:E}1956]

Prof, Eugene PUMPIAN-MINDLIN {US} [M: 1908 Jul 18 - 1976 Jul 24]
	Psychoanalysis As Science (jt ed) [n|{52:E}1952/{56:E}1956]

Prof, Stuart Alfred QUEEN {US} [M: 1890 Feb 26 - 1987 Sep 28]
	The American Social System (w Wm N CHAMBERS & Ch M WINSTON) [n|{56:E}1956]

Peter RABE {US} [M: 1921 Nov 3 - 1990 May 20]
	Dig My Grave Deep [f|{56:E}1956]
	A House In Naples [f|{56:E}1956]
	Kill The Boss Good-By [f|{56:E}1956]

Kenneth REXROTH {US} [M: 1905 Dec 22 - 1982 Jun 6]
	One Hundred Poems From The Chinese [p|{56:E}1956]

Gladwell (Grady) RICHARDSON {US} [M: 1903 Sep 4 - 1980 Jun 14]
	Guns On The Chugwater [f|{56:E}1956]

Robert Shirley RICHARDSON {US} [M: 1902 Apr 22 - 1981 Nov 12]
	Second Satellite [{56:E}1956]

(Vechel) Howard RIGSBY {US} [M: 1909 Nov 12 - 1975 Nov 7 (or 10)]
	The Lone Gun [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Prof, Wilfred Julius RITZ {US} [M: 1915 Mar 15 - 1995 Jun 18]
	The Uniform Commercial Code And The Commercial Law Of Virginia [n|{56:E}1956]

Mabel (nee)Otis ROBISON {US} [F: 1891 May 4 - 1978 Sep 18]
	Charcoal Faces [{56:E}1956]

Zola (Helen) ROSS, nee GIRDEY {US} [F: 1907 (or 1912) May 9 - 1989 Nov 20]
	Write It Murder (ps: Helen ARRE) [f|{56:E:US}1956]
	Murder In Mink (ps: Burt ILES) [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Edward James RUPPELT {US} [M: 1923 (or 1922) Jul 17 - 1960 Sep 15]
17346	The Report On Unidentified Flying Objects [n|{56:N:US}1956]

Charles Marion RUSSELL {US} [M: 1864 Mar 19 - 1926 Oct 24]
	The Wonderful West Of Charles M Russell [{56:E}1956]

Archibald (Hamilton) RUTLEDGE {US} [M: 1883 Oct 23 - 1973 Sep 15]
	Peace In The Heart [{30:R}1930/{56:E}1956]

Prof, Leland Livingston SAGE {US} [M: 1899 Apr 23 - 1989 Feb 16]
	William Boyd Allison: A Study In Practical Politics [b|{56:E}1956]

Margaret ST CLAIR, nee NEELEY {US} [F: 1911 Feb 17 - 1995 Nov 22]
	Agent Of The Unknown [f|{56:E}1956]
	The Green Queen [f|{56:E}1956]

Prof, Theodore SALOUTOS {US} [M: 1910 Aug 3 - 1980 Nov 15]
	They Remember America: The...Repatriated Greek-Americans [n|{56:E}1956]

Prof, Lester Bruton SANDS {US} [M: 1905 Jun 10 - 1981 May 13]
	Audio-Visual Procedures In Teaching [n|{56:E}1956]

Prof, Lew (R) SARETT {US} [M: 1888 May 16 - 1954 Aug 17]
	Covenant With Earth [p|{56:E}1956]

Prof, May Violet SEAGOE {US} [F: 1906 Feb 17 - 1980 Aug 11]
	The Teacher's Guide To The Learning Process [n|{56:E}1956/1961]

Theodore Roosevelt SEIDMAN {US} [M: 1908 Dec 13 - 1996 Jan 21]
	Becoming A Mother (w Marvin H ALBERT) [n|{56:E:US}1956/{63:R}1963/66/78]

Herbert(=Herman) (Arthur) SHAPIRO (Sr) {US} [M: 1899 May 24 - 1975 Mar 15]
	Return Of The Texan (ps: Burt ARTHUR) [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Prof, Hisham (Bashir) SHARABI {US} [M: 1927 Apr 4 - 2005 Jan 13]
	A Handbook On The Contemporary Middle East [n|{56:E}1956]

John Lascola SHELLEY {US} [M: 1907 - ?]
	Gunpoint! [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Shel(=Sheldon) (Alan) SILVERSTEIN {US} [M: 1930 (or 1932) Sep 25 - 1999 May 10 (or 9)]
	Grab Your Socks! [{56:E}1956]

Harry SIMONHOFF {US} [M: 1891 Feb 6 - 1966 Oct]
	Jewish Notables In America, 1776-1865 [n|{56:E}1956]

John Thomas SIMPSON {US} [M: 1870 - ?]
	History Of The Reverend John Simpson (ed) [b|{56:E}1956]

George Oliver SMITH {US} [M: 1911 Apr 9 - 1981 May 27]
20519	Highways In Hiding (aka: The Space Plague) [f|{56:E}1956]

Mae (Connie) Trovillion SMITH {US} [F: 1890 Aug 7 - 1957 Jul 10]
	Elizabeth Abbott: A Novel Of Southern Illinois [f|{56:E}1956]

Jess (Earl) STEARN {US} [M: 1914 Apr 26 - 2002 Mar 27]
	Sisters Of The Night:...Prostitution In New York Today [n|{56:E}1956]

Prof, Wallace (Earle) STEGNER {US} [M: 1909 Feb 18 - 1993 Apr 13]
	The City Of The Living [s|{56:E:US}1956]

Aaron Marc STEIN {US} [M: 1906 Nov 15 - 1985 Aug 29]
	The Strangler Who Couldn't Let Go (UK: The Strangler) (ps: Hampton STONE) [f|{56:E}1956]

Rex (Todhunter) STOUT {US} [M: 1886 Dec 1 - 1975 Oct 27]
	Too Many Detectives [f|{56:E}1956]
	Three Witnesses [s|{56:E}1956]

Prof, Sidney Samson SUTHERLAND {US} [M: 1899 Sep 5 - 1972 Feb 21]
	When You Preside: How To Plan And Conduct Informal... [n|{52:E}1952/{56:E}1956/{62:E}1962/71]

(Thaddeus) John SZARKOWSKI {US} [M: 1925 Dec 18 - 2007 Jul 7]
	The Idea Of Louis Sullivan [n|{56:E}1956]

Prof, Archer (B) TAYLOR {US} [M: 1890 Aug 1 - 1973 Sep 30 (or 25)]
	The Shanghai Gesture [n|{56:E}1956]

Daniel Varney THOMPSON, Jr {US} [M: 1902 Dec 29 - 1980 Jan 4]
	The Materials And Techniques Of Medieval Painting [n|{56:E}1956]

Thomas THOMPSON, aka 'Tommy' THOMPSON {US} [M: 1913 Feb 24 - 1993 Jun 10]
	Born To Gunsmoke [f|{56:E:US}1956]

Ralph de TOLEDANO {US} [M: 1916 Aug 17 (or 14) - 2007 Feb 3]
	Nixon [b|{56:E}1956]

Harrison Bruce TORDOFF {US} [M: 1923 - ?]
34429	Check-list Of The Birds Of Kansas [n|{56:E}1956]

John G TORREY {US} [M: ? - ?]
	Plants In Action (w Leonard MACHLIS) [n|{56:E}1956]

(Mary) Margaret TRUMAN, Mrs DANIEL {US} [F: 1924 Feb 17 - 2008 Jan 29]
	Souvenir: Margaret Truman's Own Story [a|{56:E}1956]

Ellen (May) TURNGREN {US} [F: 1885 May 6 - 1964 Jul 11]
	Listen, My Heart [{56:E}1956]

Henry Teller TYLER {US} [M: 1900 May 31 - 1987 Mar 10]
	Report Of The Study Of Work Experience Programs...High School [n|{56:E}1956]

Prof, Lester Charles UREN {US} [M: 1888 Sep 1 - 1960 Aug 21]
	Petroleum Production Engineering [4e of 1] [n|{56:E}1956]

Lyndall Fownes URWICK {UK} [M: 1891 Mar 3 - 1983 Dec 5]
	The Pattern Of Management [n|{56:E:US}1956]

Prof, Deobold Bertrude VAN DALEN {US} [M: 1911 Jan 1 - 1995 Jun 29]
	The Health And Physical Education Teacher (w Marcella VAN DALEN) [n|{56:E}1956]

Prof, Lawrence Lee VANCE {US} [M: 1911 Jan 16 - 1978 Jun 4]
	Statistical Sampling For Auditors And Accountants [n|{56:E}1956]

Prof, Peter (Robert Edwin) VIERECK {US} [M: 1916 Aug 5 - 2006 May 13]
	Conservatism From John Adams To Churchill [n|{56:E}1956]

Walter (Herman) WAGER {US} [M: 1924 Sep 4 - 2004 Jul 11]
	Operation Intrigue (ps: Walter HERMAN) [f|{56:E}1956]

Prof, Harrington WELLS {US} [M: 1900 Feb 28 - 1965 Sep 7]
	General Biology [n|{56:E}1956]

(Theodore) Brett WESTON {US} [M: 1911 Dec 16 - 1993 Jan 22]
	Brett Weston: Photographs (w Merle ARMITAGE) [n|{56:E}1956]

(John) Harvey WHEELER {US} [M: 1918 Oct 17 - 2004 Sep 6]
	The Conservative Crisis [n|{56:E}1956]

Michael Claringbud WHITE [M: 1801 or 1802 Feb 10 - 1885 Feb 26]
L	California All The Way Back To 1828 [n|{56:N:US}1956]

Albert Nathaniel WILLIAMS {US} [M: 1914 Jan 19 - c1963]
	John Mark, First Gospel Writer [n|{56:E}1956]

Benjamin Coppage WILLIS {US} [M: 1901 Dec 23 - 1988 Aug 27]
	Report On The Chicago City Junior College...Board Of Education [n|{56:E}1956]

Howard Eugene WILSON {US} [M: 1901 Oct 10 - 1966 Aug 12]
	American College Life As Education In World Outlook [n|{56:E}1956]

Max (Melville) WYLIE {US} [M: 1904 May 12 - 1975 Sep 22 (wrongly 21)]
	Radio And Television Writing [n|{50:R}1950/{56:E}1956]

Prof, Herbert Spencer ZIM {US} [M: 1909 Jul 12 - 1994 Dec 5]
	Insects:...Familiar American Insects (w Clarence COTTAM) [n|{51:R:H}1951/{56:E}1956]

LIKELY IN U.S. PUBLIC DOMAIN

These 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.

Hans Christian ADAMSON {DK/US?} [M: 1890 Jul 20 - 1968 Sep 11]
	Zoomies, Subs And Zeros (w Charles A LOCKWOOD) [n|{56:E}1956]
	Through Hell And Deep Water (w Charles A LOCKWOOD) [n|{56:E}1956]

Freiherr, Wernher (Magnus Maximilian) von BRAUN {DE/US:1955on} [M: 1912 Mar 3 - 1977 Jun 16]
	The Exploration Of Mars [n|{56:E}1956]

Dale KRAMER {US?} [M: ? - before 1980]
	The Wild Jackasses: The American Farmer In Revolt [n|{56:E}1956]

Gisela (Marie Augusta) RICHTER {UK/US:1916on} [F: 1882 Aug 15 (or 14) - 1972 Dec 24]
	Catalogue Of Engraved Gems: Greek, Etruscan And Roman [n|{56:E}1956]

Prof, Pierce Wilson SELWOOD {CA/US?} [M: 1905 Mar 25 - 1986 Jan 24]
	Magnetochemistry [n|{43:E}1943/{56:E}1956]

Robert L TUSLER {US?} [M: ? - ?]
	The Style Of J S Bach's Chorale Preludes [n|{56:E}1956]

Elmer WHEELER {US?} [M: 1903 - ?]
	Selling Dangerously [n|{56:E}1956]

POSSIBLY IN U.S. PUBLIC DOMAIN

These 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.

William Ross ASHBY {UK} [M: 1903 Sep 6 - 1972 Nov 15]
&	An Introduction To Cybernetics [n|{56:E}1956]

Jiro HORIKOSHI {JP} [M: 1903 Jun 22 - 1982 Jan 11]
	Zero! (w Martin CAIDIN & M OKUMIYA) [n|{56:E}1956]

(Benjamin) Frank(=Franklin) NORRIS (Jr) [M: 1870 Mar 5 - 1902 Oct 25]
	The Letters Of Frank Norris (ed Franklin D WALKER) [a|{56:E}1956]

M OKUMIYA [M: ? - ?]
	Zero! (w Martin CAIDIN & J HORIKOSHI) [n|{56:E}1956]

Prof, Paul (Narcyz) ROSENSTEIN-RODAN {AT?} [M: 1902 - 1985]
	Disguised Underemployment And Underemployment In Agriculture [n|{56:E}1956]

Alexander Frank SKUTCH {CR} [M: 1904 May 20 (wrongly 4) - 2004 May 12]
	The Quest Of The Divine:...Source...Of Morality And Religion [n|{56:E}1956]

Hugh Alan WARREN [M: ? - ?]
	Technical Education [n|{56:E}1956]