{"product_id":"n-c-wyeth-a-biography-9780060089269","title":"N. C. Wyeth: A Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003eHis name summons up our earliest images of the beloved books we read as children. His illustrations for Scribner's Illustrated Classics (\u003cem\u003eTreasure Island, Kidnapped, The Last of the Mohicans, The Yearling\u003c\/em\u003e) are etched into the collective memory of generations of readers. He was hailed as the greatest American illustrator of his day. For forty-three years, starting in 1902, N.C. Wyeth painted landscapes, still lifes, portraits, and murals, as well as illustrations for a long shelf of world literature. Yet despite worldwide acclaim, he judged himself a failure, believing that illustration was of no importance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Michaelis tells the story of Wyeth's family through four generations -- a saga that begins and ends with tragedy -- and brings to life the huge-spirited, deeply complicated man, and an America that was quickly vanishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichaelis, David:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eDavid Michaelis is the author of two bestselling biographies, including \u003cem\u003eN. C. Wyeth\u003c\/em\u003e (available from Harper Perennial), which won the Ambassador Book Award for Biography and Autobiography, given by the English-Speaking Union of the United States. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51777260749074,"sku":"9780060089269","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e6be4952-1f39-4404-b093-8593237ca46d.jpg?v=1765357888","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/n-c-wyeth-a-biography-9780060089269","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}