Howard Pyle eBooks

Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates / Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Howard Pyle   -  Ionlineshopping.Com, 2019  - 

Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main PIRATES, Buccaneers, Marooners, those cruel but picturesque sea wolves who once infested the Spanish Main, all live in present-day conceptions in great degree as drawn by the pen and pencil of Howard Pyle. Pyle, artist-author, living in the latter half of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth, had the fine faculty of transposing himself into any chosen period of history and making its people flesh and blood again—not just historical puppets. His characters were sketched with both words and picture; with both words and picture he ranks as a master, with a rich personality which makes his work individual and attractive in either medium. He was one of the founders of present-day American illustration, and his pupils and grand-pupils pervade that field to-day. While he bore no such important part in the world of letters, his stories are modern in treatment, and yet widely read. His range included historical treatises concerning his favorite Pirates (Quaker though he was); fiction, with the same Pirates as principals; Americanized version of Old World fairy tales; boy stories of the Middle Ages, still best sellers to growing lads; stories of the occult, such as In Tenebras and To the Soil of the Earth, which, if newly published, would be hailed as contributions to our latest cult. In all these fields Pyle's work may be equaled, surpassed, save in one. It is improbable that anyone else will ever bring his combination of interest and talent to the depiction of these old-time Pirates, any more than there could be a second Remington to paint the now extinct Indians and gun-fighters of the Great West. Important and interesting to the student of history, the adventure-lover, and the artist, as they are, these Pirate stories and pictures have been scattered through many magazines and books. Here, in this volume, they are gathered together for the first time, perhaps not just as Mr. Pyle would have done, but with a completeness and appreciation of the real value of the material which the author's modesty might not have permitted. MERLE JOHNSON.  

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Howard Pyle   -  Ionlineshopping.Com, 2019  - 

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire is an 1883 novel by the American illustrator and writer Howard Pyle. Consisting of a series of episodes in the story of the English outlaw Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men, the novel compiles traditional material into a coherent narrative in a colorful, invented "old English" idiom that preserves some flavor of the ballads, and adapts it for children. The novel is notable for taking the subject of Robin Hood, which had been increasingly popular through the 19th century, in a new direction that influenced later writers, artists, and filmmakers through the next century. The plot follows Robin Hood as he becomes an outlaw after a conflict with foresters and through his many adventures and runs with the law. Each chapter tells a different tale of Robin as he recruits Merry Men, resists the authorities, and aids his fellow man. The popular stories of Little John defeating Robin in a fight with staffs, of Robin's besting at the hands of Friar Tuck, and of his collusion with Allan-a-Dale all appear. In the end, Robin and his men are pardoned by King Richard the Lionheart and his band are incorporated into the king's retinue, much to the dismay of the Sheriff of Nottingham. Contents Preface: from the author to the reader -- How Robin Hood came to be an outlaw -- Robin Hood and the tinker -- The shooting-match at Nottingham town -- Will Stutely rescued by his good companions -- Robin Hood turns butcher -- Little john goes to Nottingham fair -- How Little John lived at the sheriff's -- Little John and the tanner of Blyth -- Robin Hood and Will Scarlet -- The adventure with Midge the miller's son -- Robin Hood and Allan a Dale -- Robin seeketh the Curtal Friar -- Robin Hood compasses a marriage -- Robin Hood aids a sorrowful knight -- How Sir Richard of the Lea paid his debts -- Little John turns barefoot friar -- Robin Hood turns beggar -- Robin Hood shoots before Queen Eleanor -- The chase of Robin Hood -- Robin Hood and Guy of Gisbourne -- King Richard comes to Sherwood Forest -- Epilogue.