Bob Artley's Country Christmas: As Remembered by a Former Kid - Hardcover

Artley, Bob

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0760326525 ISBN 13: 9780760326527

Publisher: Voyageur Press, 2006

Synopsis

These are tales of Christmas past as only artist and "former kid" Bob Artley can paint them. With fond reminiscences and nostalgic full-color cartoons-and characteristic humor and insight-Bob takes us back to his life on the farm during the holidays.



The true spirit of the holiday returns in fond, old-fashioned style with these charming watercolors. Bob takes us to a long-ago Christmas down on the farm, where we join the family at Grandma's house, celebrate the season at the country school pageant, shop for presents in a country general store, and learn the secrets of Dad's workshop. His reminiscences amount to a Christmas card of goodwill, sharing his warmest memories-and making our own Christmas past, present, and future what we most dearly wish for.

About this title

About the Author

Growing up on a farm in Iowa, the young Bob Artley not only had prowess milking a cow but could skillfully draw any bovine's likeness with a pencil and paper. He went on to study art at Grinnell College and the University of Iowa before becoming an editorial cartoonist first at the Des Moines Tribune and later at the Worthington (Minnesota) Daily Globe newspapers. Artley's long-lived series of autobiographical drawings "Memories of a Former Kid" is his masterpiece and continues to be syndicated in daily and weekly newspapers. Born and raised near Hampton, Iowa, he now lives in Winter Haven, Florida.

From the Back Cover

Here is a remembrance of Christmas past as only former kid Bob Artley can paint it.

With fond reminiscences and nostalgic full-color watercolors, Bob takes us back to his life on the farm during the holidays, recalled with all his characteristic humor and insight. Bob s enchanting drawings and paintings revive the joys of a long ago Christmas on the farm?the sleigh ride to join the whole family for Christmas dinner at Grandpa and Grandma s house, celebrating the season at a one-room country schoolhouse, shopping for gifts in a country general store, and learning the secrets of Dad s farm workshop.

For decades now, farm folk have been reading and chuckling over Bob s ?cartoon series Memories of a Former Kid that has been syndicated in daily and weekly newspapers throughout the country.

From the Inside Flap

Here is a warm memoir of Christmas reminiscences drawn by that ?former kid, artist Bob Artley.

For decades now, farm folk have been reading and chuckling over Bob s ?cartoon series Memories of a Former Kid that has been syndicated in daily and weekly newspapers throughout the country.

Now, Bob takes us all back to Christmastime down on the farm?the sleigh ride to join the whole family for Christmas dinner at Grandpa and Grandma s house, celebrating the season at a one-room country schoolhouse, shopping for gifts in a country general store, and learning the secrets of Dad s farm workshop.

Come relive the joy of those long-ago Christmas days in these color paintings and stories by one of the Midwest s favorite country writers and artists!

Edition details

• Publisher: Voyageur Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0760326525
• ISBN 13: 9780760326527
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 40