{"product_id":"slow-ball-cartoonist-tony-garel-frantzen-9781557537300","title":"Slow Ball Cartoonist: The Extraordinary Life of Indiana Native and Pulitzer Prize Winner John T. McCutcheon of the Chicago Tribune","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlow Ball Cartoonist\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers on a journey to an earlier era in America when cartoonists played a pivotal role each day in enabling major daily newspapers to touch the lives of their readers. No American cartoonist was more influential than the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribunes\u003c\/i\u003e John T. McCutcheon, the plainspoken Indiana native and Purdue University graduate whose charming and delightful cartoons graced the pages of the newspaper from 1903 until his retirement in 1946.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book chronicles McCutcheons adventure-filled life, from his birth on a rural small farm near Lafayette in 1870, to his rise as the Dean of American Cartoonists. His famous cartoon, \"Injun Summer\", originally published in 1907, was a celebration of autumn through childlike imagination and made an annual appearance in the \u003ci\u003eTribune\u003c\/i\u003e each fall for decades. McCutcheon was the first \u003ci\u003eTribune\u003c\/i\u003e staff member to earn the coveted Pulitzer Prize for his poignant 1931 cartoon about a victim of bank failure at the height of the Great Depression. Born with an itch for adventure, McCutcheon served as a World War I correspondent, combat artist, occasional feature writer, portrait artist, and world traveler.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the gangly and tall McCutcheon looked the part of the down-home characters featured in his cartoons, the world-wise flavor of his work influenced public opinion while making readers smile. Hard-hitting and even vicious attacks on public figures were common among his contemporaries; however, McCutcheons gentle humor provided a change in pace, thus prompting a colleague to borrow a phrase from baseball and anoint him the slow ball cartoonist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSlow Ball Cartoonist is a timeless story about a humble man who made the most of his talents and lived life to the fullest, being respectful and fair to allincluding the targets of his cartoonists pen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tony Garel-Frantzen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1557537305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781557537300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Purdue University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Tony Garel-Frantzen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44616685846783,"sku":"9781557537300","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_edae32b4-b791-4639-a2ac-8dde3bb34db3.jpg?v=1703021723","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/slow-ball-cartoonist-tony-garel-frantzen-9781557537300","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}