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They Were Strong and Good
de Robert Lawson
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New York, New York, United States
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LAWSON, Robert. They Were Strong and Good. [NY]: Viking Press, 1940. 8vo, [72]pp. Grey cloth pictorially stamped in slate blue. Pictorial endpapers printed in yellow ink; 26 full-page and numerous smaller b&w illustrations. Faint stain in gutter of front hinge corresponding with discoloration of inner hinges (apparently from binding glue), else a clean, tight copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (light edgewear, medal affixed). Scarce!
First edition. 1941 Caldecott Medal Winner! Told through his own family's history, Robert Lawson brings us on a journey through American history through the eyes of himself as a child. With evocative images on every other page, Robert Lawson demonstrates his masterful skill with pen-and-ink that made him one of the foremost illustrators of the era and the only person to ever win both a Newbery and Caldecott Medal.
Sinopsis
They Were Strong and Good is a book by Robert Lawson that won the Caldecott Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1941. It tells the story of Lawson's family: where they came from, how they met, what they did, where they lived. "None of them," Lawson says in the preface, speaking of his ancestors, "were great or famous, but they were strong and good."
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Detalles
- Librería
- Books of Wonder
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 1049818
- Título
- They Were Strong and Good
- Autor
- Robert Lawson
- Ilustrador
- Robert Lawson
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Grey cloth pictorially stamped in slate blue
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Viking Press
- Lugar de publicación
- NY
- Fecha de publicación
- 1940
- Páginas
- [72]pp.
- Tamaño
- 8vo
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Caldecott Medal
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