Cream Hill: Discoveries of a Weekend Countryman

Lewis Gannett, illustrations by Ruth Gannett

Verlag: Viking, 1949

Beschreibung

First Edition; First Printing. Past owner's vintage bookplate. Unclipped dustjacket. After a weekend visit to Cornwall to see his friends Mark and Dorothy Van Doren, in the late 1920s, Gannett fell in love with Cornwall, and purchased a home on Cream Hill, about which he wrote this book. Gannett lived weekends in Cornwall until his retirement, when he settled in Cornwall full time. Gannett died in Cornwall in 1966. His wife, RUTH CHRISMAN GANNETT, the illustrator of this book was the illustrator for John Steinbeck's Tortilla Flat, which, brought her national recognition in 1935. Gannett also illustrated several of her husband's books, collaborated with her step-daughter, also named Ruth,(Ruth Stiles Gannett) on the My Father's Dragon series, for which she won a Newbery Honor, and collaborated with other authors, such as Carol Sherwin Bailey ( Miss Hickory) and Becky Reyher, with whom she won a Newbery Honor and a Caldecott Honor citation, respectively. Gannett was well known around Cornwall for her garden, and enjoyed creating small metal works for friends. Gannett died in her West Cornwall home in 1979. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 925B

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Cream Hill: Discoveries of a Weekend ...

Verlag: Viking

Erscheinungsdatum: 1949

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: Ruth Gannett

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition.