Word: kent
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...Rockwell Kent-Brewer & Warren...
MOBY DICK-Herman Melville; illustrated by Rockwell Kent-Random House...
This is a big month for Artist Rockwell Kent. The Literary Guild has chosen his N by E; the Book-of-the-Month Club has taken the late great Herman Melville's Moby Dick in a new edition illustrated by Kent...
...record of a voyage to Greenland made last year by Kent and two companions: the late Arthur Samuel Allen Jr., 22† and Lucian ("Cupid") Carey, 22. Their boat, the cutter Direction, 13 tons, 33 ft. over all, belonged to Allen's father. Allen was skipper, "Cupid" mate; Kent was cook and navigator. They sailed from Baddeck, Nova Scotia, June 17, made the coast of Greenland July 15. Twice on the way they were nearly wrecked. Allen was a good sailor, says Kent, but his judgment was poor. When they anchored in a little cove 40 miles from Godthaab...
Author & Artist. Rockwell Kent, 48, onetime well-digger, sailor, farmer, teacher, lobsterman, carpenter, architect, boatbuilder, has a passion for the sea, a passion for painting. Not afraid of solitude, he has lived and sailed much alone (from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego). To finance a trip to Alaska he once incorporated himself for $10,000, paid a 10% dividend. Last summer he painted a 6,400 sq. ft. canvas ceiling for the Dennis, Mass. "Cinema" (TIME, July 28). Last month he won his suit against Delaware & Hud son R. R. for resumption of passenger service between Ausable Forks (where...