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About the Author: Donald Pease is Professor of English, Comparative Literature, and African-American Literature at Dartmouth, the Avalon Foundation Chair of the Humanities, the Founding Director of the Futures of American Studies Institute at Dartmouth, and the Chair of the Dartmouth Liberal Studies Program..
Seuss\'s works with a unique look at their genesis to shed new light on the enduring legacy of America\'s favorite children\'s book author.
Seuss\'s prolific career, he combines close textual readings of many of Dr.
As Pease traces the full arc of Dr.
Seuss\'s lesser-known illustrations, including college drawings, insecticide ads, and wartime political cartoons--all of which offer a glimpse of his early artistic style and the visual origins of the more famous creatures that later populated his children\'s books.
The book also features many of Dr.
Seuss\'s creative persona while offering an honest appraisal of his life.
In this compact and engrossing biography, Donald Pease reveals the evolution of Dr.
Theodor Geisel tells the unlikely story of this remarkable transformation.
After graduating from Dartmouth, Theodor Geisel used his talents as an ad-man, political provocateur, and social satirist, gradually but irrevocably turning to children\'s books.
And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street , Green Eggs and Ham , The Cat and the Hat , these and other classics have sold hundreds of millions of copies and entertained children and adults for decades.
Seuss\'s infectious rhymes, fanciful creatures, and roundabout plots not only changed the way children read but imagined the world.
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