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.
Über den Autor Howard Pyle
Der amerikanische Schriftsteller Howard Pyle (1853-1911) studierte Kunst an einer Privatschule in Philadelphia. Er verfasste und illustrierte zahlreiche Bücher für junge Leser. "The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood" wird weltweit gelesen und ist eine der bekanntesten Robin-Hood-Fassungen für Kinder.