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Gods' Man: A Novel in Woodcuts
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The major American artist invented the concept of a wordless novel with this evocative, text-free "woodcut" narrative. Autobiographical in nature, the novel recounts Ward's struggles with his craft and with life in the 1920s. The intricate woodcuts transcend all barriers of language, and fresh details reward the eye with every review. 139 black ...
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The Biggest Bear
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Lynd Ward
Johnny Orchard brings home a playful bear cub, who doesn't remain a cub for very long. Winner of the 1953 Caldecott Medal.
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Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge
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H Swift
The little red lighthouse proudly warns the many ships on the Hudson River of the rocks they should avoid. Then a massive bridge is built nearby, and its towering lights seem to make the lighthouse unnecessary. But when a heavy fog rolls in, it's the lighthouse's bright lamp that protects the boats, and the lighthouse has plenty to be proud of ...
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America's Robert E. Lee
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Henry Steele Commager
A fully illustrated biography of the great Southern general which recreates his boyhood, his family life and his career.
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Silver Pony
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Lynd Ward
A wordless tale of a lonely farm boy who confuses his dreams on adventure on a winged pony with reality. Selected by the New York Times Book Review as one of the Best Illustrated Children's Books of 1973.
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Vertigo: A Novel in Woodcuts
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Lynd Ward, David Berona (Introduction by)
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Wild Pilgrimage: A Novel in Woodcuts
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Lynd Ward
The first novel in woodcuts to be published in America, Ward's magnificent achievement burns with a rich, highly emotional style. Through startling engravings shaded in black and red, he wordlessly tells the story of a man trapped in an industrial world, struggling between the grim reality around him and the fantasies his imagination creates.
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America's Ethan Allen
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Stewart Holbrook, Lynd Ward (Illustrator)
A biography of the patriot and soldier who led the Green Mountain Boys in the capture of Fort Ticonderoga from the British in 1775.
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Mad Man's Drum: A Novel in Woodcuts
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Lynd Ward
The powerful imagery and psychological intensity of Ward's wordless novels have elicited comparisons to the writings of Hawthorne, Melville, and Poe, and they continue to influence modern graphic novelists such as Frank Miller. This 1930 work tells a gripping tale through imagery alone, consisting solely of hauntingly rendered woodcuts. 128 ...
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Bright island.
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Mabel Louise Robinson
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Graphic Witness: Four Wordless Graphic Novels
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Frans Masereel, Lynd Ward, Giacomo Patri
Rare wordless novels by four great 20th-century woodcut artists tell stories that reflect the political and social issues of their times as well as the broader issues that are still relevant today. An Introduction by George A. Walker places each wordless novel in its context and examines the influence of these works on contemporary culture.
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The Mexican story
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May Yonge McNeer, Lynd Ward
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America's Mark Twain. With illus. by Lynd Ward.
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May Yonge McNeer, Lynd Ward
A biography of the American author known for his humanity as well as his wit.
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The secret journey of the silver reindeer
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Lee Kingman
Rather than relinquish his family's wealth to his treacherous uncle, a fifteen-year-old Lapp boy undertakes a secret journey to his ancestral burial ground, proving he has the courage and inherited right to be the head of the family.
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War chief of the Seminoles
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May Yonge McNeer, Lynd Ward
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Hot Countries
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Alex Waugh, Alec Waugh, Lynd Ward (Illustrator)
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The Sangamon
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Edgar Lee Masters, Lynd Ward (Illustrator)
'The Sangamon' is a kind of memoir--part autobiography, part local history, and part cultural study-- that depicts the towns, people, and attitudes of central Illinois.
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North star shining, a pictorial history of the American Negro
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Hildegarde Hoyt Swift, Lynd Ward
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Dream of the blue heron; a novel.
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Victor Barnouw, Lynd Ward
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Robinson Crusoe DLX
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Daniel Defoe, Lynd Ward (Illustrator)
Daniel Defoe's immensely popular and influential work, published in 1719, tells the story of an English mariner, the sole survivor of a shipwreck, who manages to survive for 28 years on a deserted island in the South Pacific. Defoe's depiction of the hardships and ingenuities of the castaway are masterly, as is his description of loneliness and ...
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The edge of April : a biography of John Burroughs
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Hildegarde Hoyt Swift, Lynd Ward
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From the eagle's wing : a biography of John Muir
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Hildegarde Hoyt Swift, Lynd Ward
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Little Baptiste
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May Yonge McNeer, Lynd Ward
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Kidnapped DLX
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Robert Louis Stevenson, Lynd Ward (Illustrator)
In Stevenson's classic adventure tale, David Balfour is kidnapped by his grasping uncle who has usurped his inheritance. The ship on which David is to be transported is wrecked, and he escapes with the Jacobite rebel Alan Breck. The two flee across the Highlands, eventually exposing the evil uncle and finding freedom as well as wealth.
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Armed with Courage
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Lynd Ward (Illustrator), May McNeer
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