Charles E. Pont
Illustrator
(1898 - 1971)
Charles Ernest Pont was born in Saint-Julien-en Genevois, France. His mother was unmarried and after taking him to New York City abandoned him. He was adopted by a German immigrant couple. He studied art at the Pratt Institute and Cooper Union and had a long and successful carrer as a commercial artist and illustrator. He had a parallel career as a Baptist minister.
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Bibliography
Oxus in Summer (1940)
A collection of stories about the adventures of the six friends in the Oxus country.
Pamela Whitlock