Michael McCurdy (1942–2016)
Autor(a) de Trapped by the ice! : Shackleton's amazing Antarctic adventure
About the Author
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. mostrar mais 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) mostrar menos
Image credit: By Historical Perspective - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21362829
Obras por Michael McCurdy
This Quiet Place: A Cape Cod Chronicle 1 exemplar
Trapped by the Ice! 1 exemplar
Associated Works
The Soul of the Night: An Astronomical Pilgrimage (1985) — Wood Engravings, algumas edições — 152 exemplares
Escape from Slavery: The Boyhood of Frederick Douglass in His Own Words (1993) — Editor/Illustrator — 97 exemplares
American Fairy Tales: From Rip Van Winkle to the Rootabaga Stories (1996) — Ilustrador — 83 exemplares
The Berkshire Reader: Writings from New England's Secluded Paradise (1992) — Ilustrador — 28 exemplares
Katahdin: An Historic Journey - Legends, Exploration, and Preservation of Maine's Highest Peak (2006) — Ilustrador — 21 exemplares
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Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1942-02-17
- Data de falecimento
- 2016-05-28
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- New York, New York, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
- Locais de residência
- New Rochelle, New York, USA
Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
Lincoln, Massachusetts, USA
Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA - Educação
- School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Tufts University - Ocupações
- illustrator
publisher - Organizações
- Penmaen Press (Boston, MA)
- Agente
- Susan Cohen
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- Popularidade
- #57,688
- Avaliação
- 3.9
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- ISBN
- 19