Beyond words
Subtitle: 200 years of illustrated diaries
By: Susan Snyder
Publisher: Heyday; Bancroft Library, University of California
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
ISBN-13: 9781597141642
Subjects: History and criticism; Themes, motives; Drawing; Diaries
Other titles: 200 years of illustrated diaries; Two hundred years of illustrated diaries
Description: "In the age before cameras, the skill of illustration - like that of piano playing, good penmanship, and journaling - was frequently the mark of an educated person. Whereas the written word alone can adequately record the details of one's life, enhancing that with illustration adds yet another texture to the story, resulting in works that both intrigue the mind and delight the eye. Beyond Words is a collection of excerpts from fifty illustrated diaries spanning two hundred years of adventure and contemplation. From the records of eighteenth-century Spanish explorer Pedro Font to those of a young David Brower first encountering the wilderness, these unfolding stories reveal as much about the times in which they were written as they do the diarists’ particular inner worlds. Whether filled with chicken-scratch sketches or gilded illuminations, these diaries have become objets d’art that expand our understanding of the uniquely compelling experiences of their creators - from anonymous writers to luminaries like LeConte and Muir, and from Beat poets to twelve-year-old girls. Beyond Words is a fascinating and intimate collection that will inspire you to pull out pen and paper to capture the fleeting images and experiences of your own life."--Publisher's description.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements; title: Introduction; title: Pedro Font, 1776; title: Francis Phillips, 1813; title: Thomas Pickstock, 1824; title: William H. Meyers, 1843; title: Robert W. Whitworth, 1846; title: George Hayden, 1847; title: Anonymous, New Bedford to San Francisco, 1849; title: Isaac W. Baker, 1849; title: Jabez D. Hawks, 1849; title: Anonymous, Boston to San Francisco, 1849; title: Nelson Kingsley, 1850; title: Isaac Sherwood Halsey, 1850; title: Thomas Kerr, 1850; title: J.L. Akerman, 1850; title: Isaac W. Baker, 1852; title: Robert Eccleston, 1853; title: Andrew Jackson Grayson, 1853; title: Heinrich Biedermann, 1855; title: Stephen Wing, 1858; title: William Henry Brewer, 1861; title: Joseph LeConte, 1865; title: Robert Nicholson Tate, 1873; title: Caroline "Carrie" Eaton LeConte, 1878; title: Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), 1879; title: John Muir, 1879; title: Joshua Elliott Clayton, 1879; title: Amos Batchelder, 1886; title: Mary Robertson Bradbury, 1886; title: Joseph Nisbet LeConte, 1889; title: Mae Somers Peterson, 1891; title: Julia Mann Barr, 1902; title: Jessie Colmer, 1908; title: Charles Royce Barney, 1910; title: William Otis Raiguel, 1911; title: Constance M. Topping, 1915-1916; title: Florence Meriam Bailey, 1917; title: Russell Ray Dollarhide, 1918; title: Bob Marshall, 1919; title: Charles W. Steffens, 1925; title: Mrs. Minnie Perrelet, Miss Mary Muth, Mr. Charles Puck, Mr. A.E. Dimock, Mr. Guy Billyon, Mr. George Abbott, 1926; title: Sanders Russell, 1926; title: Ina Sizer Cassidy and Gerald Cassidy, 1926; title: David Ross Brower, 1928, 1931; title: Abner Doble, 1931; title: William Norris Dakin, 1936; title: Yoshiko Uchida, 1943; title: William E. Voight (att.), 1943; title: Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore, 1960; title: Levi Burcham, 1963; title: Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1965; title: Philip Whalen, 1967; title: Kim Bancroft, 1971; title: Jean Margaret Hill, 1973; title: Ayako Miyawaki, 1979; title: John Brandi, 1973-1981; title: Sources; title: About the author.