Pirates, Patriots, and Princesses

Pirates, Patriots, and PrincessesA giant in the field of illustration and children's books, Howard Pyle (1853 1911) published some 3,300 illustrations during his thirty five year career. He also wrote many of the stories he illustrated and, as a teacher, shared his artistic views and skills with such students as Maxfield Parrish and N. C. Wyeth, who, along with many others, went on to become celebrated artists in their own right.) This volume contains more than sixty of Pyle's best

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