Product Description: Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) was an artist of extraordinary drive, talent, and versatility; he embraced life with exuberance. And though he was one of the most popular American illustrators of this century—so much so that The New Yorker published the ditty, "That day will mark a precedent, which brings no news of Rockwell Kent"—the controversies engendered by his socialist leanings, particularly during the McCarthy era in the 1950s, frequently overshadowed his artistic achievements...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Between 1923 and 1931, J. Dewey Soper traversed 50,000 km of Arctic wilderness in search of the nesting grounds of the legendary ‘blue goose.’ He kept extensive diaries of his travels and left behind an impressive collection of Arctic watercolors...read more