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Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss : how an unlikely couple found love, dodged the FBI, and transformed children's literature / Philip Nel

Catalog Data

Author:
Nel, Philip 1969-  Search this
Subject:
Johnson, Crockett 1906-1975  Search this
Krauss, Ruth  Search this
Physical description:
367 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2012
Contents:
Ruth Krauss's charmed childhood -- Becoming Crockett Johnson -- Portrait of the artist as a young woman -- Punching the clock and turning left -- First draft -- Crockett and the red crayon -- "We met, and that was it!" -- Barnaby -- A good man and his good wife -- The Athens of South Norwalk -- Art and politics -- At home with Ruth and Dave -- The big world and the little house -- Artists are to watch -- The art of collaboration -- Harold -- Striking out into new areas of experimentation -- New adventures of Page and Screen -- "Hitting on all 24 cylinders" -- Poet in the news, cartoonist on TV -- Lorca variations and Harold's ABC -- Provocateur and philosopher -- Painting, passports, and protest -- Theorems in color, poems on stage -- "You're only as old as other people think you are" -- What would Harold do? -- Life after Dave -- Children are to love
Topic:
Children's literature, American--History and criticism  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_992227