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Andy as I Knew Him - Couverture souple

Ruckstuhl, Charles Emil

 
9781418426705: Andy as I Knew Him
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1418426709 ISBN 13 : 9781418426705
Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2004

Synopsis

CharlesRuckstuhl is the stepson of the famous horse artist and author,C.W.Anderson. He has known'Andy' as his family called him, since 1927 when he first metCharles' mother. Charles therefore knowsAndy well enough to portray not only his genius as an artist, but also as apoet, a lover of music, and an expert horseman.This book is unusual in that it is not only a biography, but also a booknot only of Andy's poetry, but also a compendium of his never-publishedpen-and-ink and pencil drawings, especially of trees that he loved for theirnatural geometry and design rhythm. Thisbook also delightfully shows his sense of humor back in the 1926-1934 era whenhis cartoons were published in the New Yorker whose staff has generouslyprovided Mr. Ruckstuhl with copies of his early work for them. Additionally, the book contains a series ofnever-published ditties or doggerels superimposed on typical Anderson cartoonism.The content is typical of the art deco era and carries with it naughtyconnotations of a society not yet immersed in problematical behavior.In contrast to this lighter side of life, the chapter containing hispoetry and sketches of trees and Long Island expanses isindeed emotional. These 47 short verseswere writtem for Mr. Ruckstuhl's mother each morning and were put on herbreakfast tray daily during her remainng weeks.The short poems, in a most heart rending way, combine Andy's intenselove for his wife, Madeleine, and simultaneously portray the dying flora of thepast summer. The ebb of nature andfailing human life combine profoundly in the melancholy domain of his pen.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

CharlesRuckstuhl is the stepson of the famous horse artist and author,C.W.Anderson. He has known'Andy' as his family called him, since 1927 when he first metCharles' mother. Charles therefore knowsAndy well enough to portray not only his genius as an artist, but also as apoet, a lover of music, and an expert horseman.This book is unusual in that it is not only a biography, but also a booknot only of Andy's poetry, but also a compendium of his never-publishedpen-and-ink and pencil drawings, especially of trees that he loved for theirnatural geometry and design rhythm. Thisbook also delightfully shows his sense of humor back in the 1926-1934 era whenhis cartoons were published in the New Yorker whose staff has generouslyprovided Mr. Ruckstuhl with copies of his early work for them. Additionally, the book contains a series ofnever-published ditties or doggerels superimposed on typical Anderson cartoonism.The content is typical of the art deco era and carries with it naughtyconnotations of a society not yet immersed in problematical behavior.In contrast to this lighter side of life, the chapter containing hispoetry and sketches of trees and Long Island expanses isindeed emotional. These 47 short verseswere writtem for Mr. Ruckstuhl's mother each morning and were put on herbreakfast tray daily during her remainng weeks.The short poems, in a most heart rending way, combine Andy's intenselove for his wife, Madeleine, and simultaneously portray the dying flora of thepast summer. The ebb of nature andfailing human life combine profoundly in the melancholy domain of his pen.

Biographie de l'auteur

CharlesRuckstuhl is an M.I.T. graduate engineer with a Phillips Exeter Academy graduatebackground. This combination hasled him to publication in The Washington Times magazine World and I. He has also been published in The GrotonLandmark newspaper with a monthly historical column on Groton. He has alsowritten in The Monadnock Ledger, The Exeter Review, Reminisce, and in the NewYork Times. Ruckstuhl has published thebook Forgotten Tales of Groton, an earlier version of Andy as I Knew Him andhas started a magazine Spare Moments.Ruckstuhl is trilingual. At onetime he spoke only French. He plays thepiano, guitar and bass and has written some 50 popular jazz pieces. He is also an amateur radio operator andastronomer.

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Éditeur
AuthorHouse
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1418426709
ISBN 13 
9781418426705
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
212
Coordonnées du fabricant
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