Dornseif, Frederic John (sold)
Frederic John Dornseif (August 5, 1884 - May 5, 1957) was an American artist and cartographer. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Dornseif worked as an artist for the Chicago Daily News from 1937 until 1943, for which he drew cartoons and maps. Before working for the Daily News, Dornseif worked for an engraving company in Chicago from at least 1930. Dornseif married Alice Nolan on June 29, 1907, with whom he had three children.
Celebrating American literature.
Being a Literary Map of These United States depicting a Renaissance no less astonishing than that of Periclean Athens or Elizabethan London.
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This is a 1942 Gladys and Sterling North and Frederic Dornseif pictorial map of the United States celebrating literary achievement. Each state features at least one novelist, poet, or historian, and many highlight a work set there. For example, Nebraska focuses on My Antonia by Willa Cather, while The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings dominates Florida. Authors known for works set outside the United States are referenced in the Pacific or Atlantic Oceans, respectively. Pearl Buck and her novel The Good Earth are included on the China Clipper in the Pacific, while authors who took up residence in Europe, including Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway, are listed on the passenger list of the S.S. Europa. The U.S.S. Foreign Correspondent also occupies space in the Atlantic, with William Shirer and John Gunther among its passengers. (more details)