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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...After painting action scenes I have ached for hours because of having put myself in the other fellow's shoes as I realized him on canvas." The other fellow in this case was Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe (Scribners; $17.95), and the artist was N.C. Wyeth, whose paintings gave the 18th century story a legendary radiance. This version, long out of print, is part of Scribners' admirable attempt to bring back the great days of classics illustrated by giants like Wyeth and Howard Pyle. Treasure Island and Kidnapped have previously been resurrected; can Robin Hood and The Last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Mixture of Humor and Wonder | 12/19/1983 | See Source »

...Cutter Laboratories, Berkeley, Calif.; Eli Lilly Co. and Pitman-Moore, Indianapolis; Parke, Davis & Co., Detroit; Sharp & Dohme and Wyeth Laboratories, Inc., Philadelphia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEDICINE 1955: It Works: Salk Polio Vaccine | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

...long before Altman woke her from her pre-Hollywood slumber, Duvall had been collecting antique illustrated fairy-tale books. She was charmed by the stories, but bewitched by the pictures: dreamy Maxfield Parrish landscapes, bold N.C. Wyeth seascapes, puckish Arthur Rackham characters. While in Malta in 1980, playing Olive Oyl opposite Robin Williams in Altman's film Popeye, a vision of the rubbery Williams as a vain and manic frog prince leaped into her head, and the notion of Faerie Tale Theatre was born. Each tale would have different players and be colored by the visual style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Cinderella Puts On a Show | 7/25/1983 | See Source »

...Louis Stevenson; the story is Kidnapped (Scribners; $17.95). As young David Balfour seeks his rightful inheritance in the Scottish Highlands, his adventures indeed assume a sudden verve. Like last year's Treasure Island, this reprint is an ideal restoration. Most of the rare and splendid illustrations by N.C. Wyeth are not copies from the first edition; they have been brilliantly reproduced from the original paintings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Short Shelf of Tall Tales | 12/20/1982 | See Source »

Ward 7. Precinct 1--Residents of graduate dorms--Ames Hall, Child Hall, Dan Hall, Holmes Hall, Perkins Hall, Richard Hall, Shaw Hall, Story Hall and Wyeth Hall-vote at the Agassiz Elementary School at the corner of Sacramento and Oxford Streets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Voting Information | 9/13/1982 | See Source »

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