{"product_id":"oh-skin-nay-the-days-of-real-sport-9781894937924","title":"Oh Skin-Nay!: The Days of Real Sport","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Clare Briggs\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Form - Comic Strips \u0026amp; Cartoons\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoetry Verses by Wilbur D. Nesbit\u003cbr\u003eAfterword by Comics Historian Jeet Heer \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA grittier and less sentimental predecessor to Norman Rockwell, Clare Briggs exemplified the larger journey of American society from small-town innocence to urbane sophistication. The son of a farm machinery salesman, Briggs left his rural home as a young man to forge a career as an illustrator and cartoonist, earning success in such big-city papers as \u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e. Within a few years, he became one of the most popular and imitated cartoonists in America: Frank King, Milton Caniff, and the first generation of \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e cartoonists all emulated Briggs. Eschewing the roughneck humor of early comic strips, Briggs drew low-key strips in two modes: nostalgic reveries focused on memories of small-town boyhood and satirical strips about the squabbles inherent in married life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in 1913 by P. F. Volland and Company of Chicago, \u003ci\u003eOh Skin-Nay!\u003c\/i\u003e is a collaboration between Briggs and poet Wilbur D. Nesbit and portrays a year in the life of small-town America through the eyes of the twelve-year-old boy--wood gathering, sleigh rides, games of post office, swimming holes, and sandlot ball games. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is presented as a facsimile edition of double-page spreads containing short poems and full-page cartoons as well as an expanded afterword on Briggs by comics historian Jeet Heer.","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45355883200663,"sku":"9781894937924","price":1785.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781894937924.webp?v=1767671281","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/oh-skin-nay-the-days-of-real-sport-9781894937924","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}