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Robert McCloskey : a private life in words and pictures
Author
Title
Robert McCloskey : a private life in words and pictures / Jane McCloskey.
ISBN
9780978689964
0978689968
Publication
Kittery Point, Maine : Seapoint Books ; An imprint of Smith/Kerr Associates LLC, [2011]
Physical Description
200 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Notes
Includes index.
Summary
McCloskey wrote and painted what he knew: from his Midwestern childhood to island life in Maine. His younger daughter, Jane, chronicles the loving, difficult, but productive family relationships in a way that will add depth and meaning to his wonderful books.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 10, 2019
Contents
Robert McCloskey 1914-2003
Early years
My mother
The island
Artist's daughters
Time of wonder
My grandparents at Gull Rock
New York
Journey to Maine with Bob
Mexico, first year
Trouble in paradise
Mexico, second year
Entering adolescence
High school
Fame
Dinner with my parents
The paranormal and the weird
Spies and the underworld
Mom dying
Dad dying
Seagulls.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Biographies.
Biography.
Biographies.
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