Awakening, The Typed Manuscript Signed

Borein, Edward

Beschreibung

The Awakening, Typed Manuscript Signed Edward Borein circa 1900-1920. 5pp. 8 3/8 x 10 3/4 inches. Five typed pages, recto only. Title and author's signature in manuscript top of page 1, a few editorial corrections, all in pencil. Toning, edgewear, and light chipping to edges of paper. Some creasing, scattered soiling and foxing, final page faded with some soiling. Good condition. Rare original typed manuscript from California artist and cowboy, Edward Borein (1872-1945). "The Awakening," is considered Borein's best story out of the very few he is known to have written. It was likely composed during his years in Oakland after his career as a cowboy and before opening an art studio in Santa Barbara in 1921. This period is described by Harold G. Davidson on pg. 51 of his biography of Borein, (Edward Borein Cowboy Artist. Doubleday, 1974): "Borein found writing a tedious chore, whereas his artwork was spontaneous and quick. Observers who saw him at work report that he drew so rapidly it was difficult to follow the path of his pencil, pen or brush. Temporarily, he gave up his writing." The story, steeped in the vernacular of his frontier background, tells the tale of a cowboy who goes to bed drunk in San Francisco and awakens on a whaler heading for the arctic circle. "It was the first one I ever see; but I sure knowed it was a ship. There was no land. There wasn't no land in sight an' the boat was a 'pitchin' around like a wild bronc." Borein's style was cowboy through and through and he wrote in the colorful vernacular of the frontier characters in whose company he had spent so much of his youth. We find no evidence that this short story was ever published. Provenance: From the Western collection of Katherine H. Haley. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 664

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Titel: Awakening, The Typed Manuscript Signed

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