Michael McCurdy (1942–2016)
Auteur de Trapped by the ice! : Shackleton's amazing Antarctic adventure
A propos de l'auteur
Michael McCurdy was born in New York City on February 17, 1942. He studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston between 1960 and 1966. He received a B.F.A. in 1964 and a M.F.A. in 1971 from Tufts University. He taught drawing and printmaking at Concord Academy and Wellesley College. afficher plus He also founded Penmaen Press. His wood engravings and scratchboard drawings have been published in more than 200 books for children and adults. His first illustrated children's book, Please Explain by Isaac Asimov, was published in 1973. His other illustration credits include The Owl-Scatterer by Howard Norman, The Seasons Sewn: A Year in Patchwork by Ann Whitford Paul, An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving by Louisa May Alcott, American Tall Tales by Mary Pope Osborne, and The Sailor's Alphabet. He died on May 28, 2016 at the age of 74. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Crédit image: By Historical Perspective - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21362829
Œuvres de Michael McCurdy
This Quiet Place: A Cape Cod Chronicle 1 exemplaire
Trapped by the Ice! 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Johnny Tremain: A Story of Boston in Revolt (1943) — Illustrateur, quelques éditions — 9,199 exemplaires
The Soul of the Night: An Astronomical Pilgrimage (1985) — Wood Engravings, quelques éditions — 152 exemplaires
Escape from Slavery: The Boyhood of Frederick Douglass in His Own Words (1993) — Editor/Illustrator — 102 exemplaires
American Fairy Tales: From Rip Van Winkle to the Rootabaga Stories (1996) — Illustrateur — 86 exemplaires
The Berkshire Reader: Writings from New England's Secluded Paradise (1992) — Illustrateur — 28 exemplaires
Katahdin: An Historic Journey - Legends, Exploration, and Preservation of Maine's Highest Peak (2006) — Illustrateur — 21 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1942-02-17
- Date de décès
- 2016-05-28
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- New York, New York, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- New Rochelle, New York, USA
Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
Lincoln, Massachusetts, USA
Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA - Études
- School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Tufts University - Professions
- illustrator
publisher - Organisations
- Penmaen Press (Boston, MA)
- Agent
- Susan Cohen
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 14
- Aussi par
- 21
- Membres
- 429
- Popularité
- #56,934
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 19
- ISBN
- 19