Books Raymond Carver Read as a Child and Teenager

Copyright 1997, Tess Gallagher.

Ray kept his favorite childhood books with his mother, Ella Carver, for safekeeping. Now, they are in the bookshelves closest to his desk at Ridge House. Here they are, in alphabetical order:

Across the Pacific or Ted Scott’s Hop to Australia, Franklin W. Dixon, Grosset & Dunlap, 1928

Carson of Venus, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1939

Children of Mars (The), Edgar Rice Burroughs, Grosset & Dunlap (front pages missing; publication date unkown)

Fighting Man of Mars (A), Edgar Rice Burroughs, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1930-31

Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus, Mary W. Shelley, Books, Inc., publication date unkown

God of Mars (The), Edgar Rice Burroughs, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1940

King Arthur, Henry Gilbert, The Saalfield Publishing Co., publication date unkown

Llana of Gathol, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1948

Lost on Venus, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1935

Lost Range (The), Tower Books Edition, Frank C. Robertson, The World Publishing Company, 1947

Master of Mars (The), Edgar Rice Burroughs, Grosset & Dunlap, 1928

Masterpieces of Mystery, Edgar Allan Poe, Books, Inc., publication date unkown

Motor Boys in Mexico (The) or The Secret of the Buried City, Clarence Young, Cupples & Leon Co., 1906

Pinocchio, C. Collodi, Saalfield Publishing Co., 1924

Princess of Mars (A), Edgar Rice Burroughs, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1939

Robin Hood and the Men of Greenwood, Goldsmith Publishing Co., publication date unkown

Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe, The Saalfield Publishing Co., publication date unkown

Strike Him Out!, Harold M. Sherman, The Goldsmith Publishing Co., 1931

Swiss Family Robinson, Johann R. Wyss, Whitman Publishing Co., 1935

Swords of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1936

Synthetic Men of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1940

Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Better Little Book

Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Better Little Book (front cover missing)

Tarzan the Terrible, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Better Little Book (both covers missing)

Tarzan the Terrible, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Grosset & Dunlap, 1921

Tarzan the Untamed, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Grosset & Dunlap, 1920

Teen-Age Outdoor Stories, edited by Frank Owen, Grosset & Dunlap, 1947

Telltale Scar (The), (A Tom Quest Adventure), Fran Striker, Grosset & Dunlap, 1947

Thuvia, Maid of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc,. 1920

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus, James Otis, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1923

Tom Beatty, The Better Little Book (both covers missing)

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