Table of Contents

Introduction   /   ix
Abbreviations   /   xv
1. Making Manhattan   /   1
2. Patriotic Stirrings   /   23
3. Beyond the Academy   /   51
4. That Magician, Howard Pyle   /   64
5. Easels on the Brandywine   /   95
6. Camelot   /   115
7. Among the Masters   /   145
8. Legacies   /   177
Notes   /   207
Index   /   247

Color illustrations follow page 144

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A portrait of the artist and his influence on American popular culture

About the Author

Jill P. May is a professor of literacy and language at Purdue University and coeditor of Exploring Culturally Diverse Literature for Children and Adolescents: Learning to Listen in New Ways.Robert E. May is a professor of history at Purdue University and the author of Manifest Destiny's Underworld: Filibustering in Antebellum America.

Reviews

"Meticulously researched and clearly written, this book gives us a well-rounded understanding of Howard Pyle's personality and character. Although his career as an illustrator, teacher, and author was frustrating in some respects, Pyle was renowned in his time and remains a significant figure in the history of illustrational art and popular literature." Charles C. Alexander, author of Here the Country Lies: Nationalism and Arts in Twentieth-Century America "In his lifetime, Howard Pyle had an enormous audience, but few have heard of him today. The amazingly thorough research in this biography will help introduce the artist to a new generation of scholars and enthusiasts." Heather Campbell Coyle, curator of American art at the Delaware Art Museum