One Nation: Patriots and Pirates Portrayed by N. C. Wyeth and Jamie Wyeth [Hardcover]

Jamie Wyeth (Author), N.C. Wyeth (Contributor), Tom Brokaw (Contributor), David Michaelis (Contributor), Lauren Raye Smith (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2000

With drawings and paintings by N. C. Wyeth and his grandson, Jamie Wyeth, and an essay by Tom Brokaw, One Nation illustrates North Americas evolving definitions of patriot and pirate throughout this century.

Editorial Reviews

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The great twentieth-century American painter Andrew Wyeth resisted the overtly patriotic subjects that his father and his son embraced. That is probably just as well but says nothing against N. C and James Wyeth's very different brands of patriotism. N. C. lived between the bellicose presidencies of the two Roosevelts, when national self-confidence and crusading fervor flourished. He created dramatic visions of the nation's nobility and its leaders' spiritual force. James is of the Vietnam and Watergate generation. His patriotism is humbler and also ironic, though not always as ironic as commentator Lauren Raye Smith thinks; surely the big flag hung on the rustic house in Islanders isn't "engulfing or protecting the two men" on the porch: it's expressing them. Arguing with the commentator is one of the prime pleasures art books enable, and this example features plenty of beautiful, meaningful pictures to admire and inspect, to boot. Ray Olson
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Bulfinch; 1st edition (October 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821227009
• ISBN-13: 978-0821227008
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 10.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,946,659 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Where are the Pirates?, November 7, 2000

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Big John (Hotlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: One Nation: Patriots and Pirates Portrayed by N. C. Wyeth and Jamie Wyeth (Hardcover)

It should be called "Patriots and Portraits". I have the book and went to see the show, but the title is a misnomer. You will be very disappointed if you are looking for N. C. Wyeth's pirate paintings. The are no Pirate paintings. The N.C. Wyeth paintings are mainly war and patriotic painting. The Jamie Wyeth paintings are mainly portraits of patriots.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book to please all senses, October 17, 2000

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M. Purinton (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: One Nation: Patriots and Pirates Portrayed by N. C. Wyeth and Jamie Wyeth (Hardcover)

This book offers many nostalgic moments. It is pure delight to rediscover N.C.Wyeth's posters. "One Nation" speaks to and illustrates various periods of the history of our nation through the outstanding work of James Wyeth and the great illustrations by his grandfather, N.C. Wyeth. The comments by Tom Brokaw are very well done. This book is so very well organized. It appeals to so many of the senses as well as the nostalgic emotions of the WW II generation, the Kennedy generation as well as bringing some of our earliest Presidents to life. Especially enjoyed the drawings of Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Where are the Pirates???, November 7, 2000

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Big John (Hotlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: One Nation: Patriots and Pirates Portrayed by N. C. Wyeth and Jamie Wyeth (Hardcover)

I have the book and went to see the show, but the title is a misnomer. It should be called "Patriots and Portraits". You will be very disappointed if you are looking for N. C. Wyeth's Pirate paintings. The are no Pirate paintings. The N.C. Wyeth paintings are mainly war and patriotic paintings. The Jamie Wyeth paintings are mainly portraits of patriots.