{"product_id":"slow-ball-cartoonist-the-extraordinary-life-of-indiana-native-and-pulitzer-prize-winner-john-t-mccutcheon-of-the-chicago-tribune-paperback","title":"Slow Ball Cartoonist: The Extraordinary Life of Indiana Native and Pulitzer Prize Winner John T. McCutcheon of the Chicago Tribune - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTony Garel-Frantzen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTony Garel-Frantzen graduated from DePaul University in Chicago and worked as an award-winning newspaper reporter and editorial cartoonist before embarking on a long and successful career as a public relations consultant and corporate communications executive for Fortune 500 companies. During his corporate communications career, he regularly contributed his own cartoons to support communication projects. Slow Ball Cartoonist is his first book. He and his wife have three grown children and live in a northwest Chicago suburb with three dogs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 284\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 15, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44042953752711,"sku":"9781557537300","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/JjOJUG8a-_9781557537300.webp?v=1772671554","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/slow-ball-cartoonist-the-extraordinary-life-of-indiana-native-and-pulitzer-prize-winner-john-t-mccutcheon-of-the-chicago-tribune-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}