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A giant in the field of illustration and children's books, Howard Pyle (1853-1911) published some 3,300 illustrations during his thirty-five-year career. He also wrote many of the stories he illustrated and, as a teacher, shared his artistic views and skills with such students as Maxfield Parrish and N. C. Wyeth, who, along with many others, went on to become celebrated artists in their own right.)This volume contains more than sixty of Pyle's best works. Characterized by an imaginative and colourful realism, his art dramatized themes with universal appeal: the romantic nature of medieval chivalry, the ruthlessness of pirate greed, and the pride of embattled soldiers. Selected from beloved classics and hidden gems and amassed over years of research by an expert in the field, these richly coloured drawings will delight a wide audience of art lovers and book collectors.

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Author:   Jeff A. Menges ,  Howard Pyle
Publisher:   Dover Publications Inc.
Imprint:   Dover Publications Inc.
Dimensions:   Width: 21.40cm , Height: 0.50cm , Length: 27.20cm
Weight:   0.360kg
ISBN:  

9780486448329

ISBN 10:   0486448320
Pages:   96
Publication Date:   30 June 2006
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"List of Plates The Flying Dutchman Walking the Plank. Buccaneers and Marooners of the Spanish Main The Combatants Cut and Slashed with Savage Fury, a.k.a. Blackbeards's Last Fight. Jack Ballister's Fortunes. An American Privateer takes a British Prize; The Evacuation of Charlestown by the British, December 14, 1782. The Story of the Revolution On the Edge of the Ring, Guarded, Stood Brother Bartholome and the Carmelite. Poisoned Ice And You shall not Hinder Me. The Old Captain How the Buccaneers Kept Christmas We started to run back to the raft for our lives. Sinbad on Burrator Kidd on the deck of the ""Adventure Galley."" The True Captain Kidd The dark folk trooped to meet them on the shore. The Sword of Ahab Extorting tributefrom the citizens; The Buccunneer was a Picturesque Fellow; So the treasure was divided; An Attack on a Galleon. The Fate of a Treasure Town The duel between John Blumer and Cazaio. In the Second April Captain Keitt. The Ruby of Kishmoor Then the real Fight Began. Pennsylvania's Defiance of the United States Theirs was a spirited Encounter Upon the beach of Teviot Bay. The Second Chance He watched me as a cat watches a mouse. The Grain Ship Marooned. Unpublished (also pictured, originally engraved for Buccaneers and Marooners of the Spanish Main Page was at the wheel, steering. ""Page, A.B."" The Battle of Bunker Hill. The Story of the Revolution The Fight on Lexington Common. April 19, 1775 La Salle Christening the Country ""Louisiana."" The Great La Salle The Nation Makers The Battle of Nashville Mural, State Capitol, Saint Paul, Minnesota Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln's Last Days Old Jacob Van Kleek had never Favored our Hero's suit. The Mysterious Chest A wolf had not been seen at Salem for thirty years. The Salem Wolf They Questioned him with Malevolent Persistence. The Black Night General Lee on his famous charger ""Traveller""; His army broke up and followed him, weeping and sobbing. General Lee as I Knew Him In the Train of King Alfonso; At the Gate of the Castle. Piere Vidal, Troubadour Her Whisper was so soft he only guessed the words. The Stairway of Honor The Triumphal Entry into Rheims; A Lithe, Young, Slender Figure; Guarded by Rough English Soldiers. St. Joan of Arc He Laid the Manle Over the Girl's Shoulders. The Island of Enchantment They were Overtaken by Falmouth Himself. The Sestina Horse and Man Plunged Heavily after her. A Princess of Kent The Coming of Lancaster. The Scabbard Edric the Singer. Edric and Sylvaine The Rescue of Azilicz. The Maid of Landevennec Thereafter she clung close about Randver; ""I Grow Old, having no son but Randver."" Swanhild Flaggingly the Reed Pen went up and down the Vellum. Initial Letter Truth before the King; Truth went on her way alone. The Pilgrammage of Truth The Fairy Morgana; The Fishing of Thor and Hymir. Northfolk Legends of the Sea In the Meadows of Youth; The Wicket of Paradise; In the Valley of the Shadows; At the Gates of Life. The Travels of the Soul The Mermaid Pictures from Thackeray--The Newcomes Spirit of Spring a.k.a. Courtship ""I have been reserved for this--to free the land from spiritual tyranny."" The Hanging of Mary Dyer A Figure to Provoke Tears. A Sense of Scarlet She arrayed herself in Silence. A Princess of Kent Branwyn. The Scabbard When All the World was Young. When All the World was Young ""Why Seek Ye the Living Amoung the Dead?"""

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"The stories and drawings of Howard Pyle (1853-1911) epitomize ""the golden age of American illustration."" A priceless contribution to American children's literature, Pyle's work set a standard of excellence, with tales and images remarkable for their engaging simplicity and penetrating realism."

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