RANGER OF THE LOST ART—Rediscovering the WPA Poster Art of Our National Parks BOOK
RANGER OF THE LOST ART—Rediscovering the WPA Poster Art of Our National Parks BOOK
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- 9.75 in. x 12.5 in. hardbound book with 224 pages
- Over 400 illustrations
- Coffee-table style hardback book with marker ribbon and dust jacket
- Includes a miniature silkscreen print of Grand Teton National Park-the first WPA NPS poster produced in 1938
- Foreword by Douglas Brinkley with first edition endorsements by Sally Jewell, Jon Jarvis, Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan, and Alfred Runte.
- Printed at Paragon Press (SLC), Hand bound at Roswell Bindery of Phoenix (America’s last book bindery). Made in the USA.
Sections on the …
- New Deal and WPA
- Federal Art Project
- Civilian Conservation Corps
- Western Museum Laboratories–
- The 14 Historic Prints–with recently discovered photos showing them being printed
- And more!
Includes:
- All 14 historic prints, how they were originally made, lost, and rediscovered
- Other NPS posters of the era: Dorothy Waugh, Alexander Dux, Frank Nicholson, and Jacob Asanger
- Over 40 contemporary designs “in the style of” the WPA and how we made them
- Tour the Department of the Interior Museum exhibit with the Secretary of the Interior
- Take a 44,000-mile road trip in an antique Airstream and visit 100 national parks
- Attend the donation ceremony putting these rare prints back into the public domain
- Includes a miniature silkscreen print (Grand Teton–the first poster made in 1938)
- Thirty years of rediscovery and three years of writing in a single volume
Thirty years of research and discovery and three years of writing for only $100.