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From 1899 to 1969, millions of Americans saw themselves each Tuesday in the cover art of the most popular magazine in the country. Collected here is every cover of The Saturday Evening Post still in existence. Topical, whimsical, or sentimental, the covers are illuminated by a text that traces the evolution of the magazine.
Thirty-one illustrations by Norman Rockwell appear in all their heartwarming glory in this classic and collectible coloring book, handpicked from hundreds of covers that the artist created for The Saturday Evening Post.
Thirty-one ready-to-color cover illustrations by some of The Saturday Evening Post's most celebrated artists include iconic images by John Falter, Stevan Dohanos, George Hughes, Richard "Dick" Sargent, and others.
The tractor salesman, Alexander Botts, is the personification of the American dream: He is his own boss. Although he is 'employed' by the Earthworm Tractor Company (i.e. Caterpiller, where William Hazlett Upson, Bott's creator worked for five years) it takes only one or two of the letters in Botts' immortal prose to make clear just who is in command ...
Thirty high-quality, ready-to-frame reprints of classic Saturday Evening Post holiday covers are accompanied by exquisitely rendered black-and-white coloring pages of the original paintings. Illustrators include Norman Rockwell, J. C. Leyendecker, Richard "Dick" Sargent, Stevan Dohanos, and many others.
For well over a century, hundreds of thousands of American families have enjoyed the award-winning magazine The Saturday Evening Post. Now, for the first time, 150 of the magazine's best cartoons have been collected in an attractive volume that's destined to become a classic.
This is a book of things to do, stories to read, games to play, songs to sing - all with illustrations by Norman Rockwell reproduced from the pages of The Saturday Evening Post. Think of it as a kind of treasure hunt; you and your farmily are the seekers and ultimate benefactors, the treasure is simple enjoyment.
