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Lynd Ward
(1905 - 1985)
Lynd Kendall Ward (June 26, 1905 – June 28, 1985) was an American artist and storyteller, known for his series of wordless novels using wood engraving, and his illustrations for juvenile and adult books. His wordless novels have influenced the development of the graphic novel. Strongly associated with his wood engravings, he also worked in watercolor, oil, brush and ink, lithography and mezzotint. Ward was a son of Methodist minister and political organizer Harry F. Ward.
Bibliography
The Golden Flash (1947)
A steam-driven fire engine ends up in a mining boom town and saves the day.
Author(s):
May McNeer
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Hi, Tom (1962)
On his way home from school to his home on Hermit Mountain, Tom likes to call his name and hear the echo - then one day he hears some one else call his name.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Nanda Ward
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Idylls of the King (1952)
A cycle of poems on Arthurian themes.
Author(s):
Alfred Tennyson
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Illustrators of Children’s Books: 1744-1945 (1947)
Essays on children’s book illustrators along with extensive bibliographies.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Bertha E. Mahony
May Massee
Lynd Ward
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Lynd Ward
Et al
James Henry Daugherty (1975)
A short biography and a very complete bibliography of the artist-author.
Author(s):
Edward Kemp
Elaine Kemp
Lynd Ward
Et al
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
John Wesley (1951)
A brief biography of the Protestant founder of Methodism.
- Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
May McNeer
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Johnny Tremain: A Novel for Old and Young (1943)
When Johnny’s hand injury prevents him working as a silversmith’s apprentice, he joins the American rebels as a messenger.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Esther Forbes
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Kidnapped (1948)
When David Balfour comes to his uncle to claim his inheritance, he is kidnapped and put on a ship for the Carolinas. He escapes and, in company with Alan Breck Stewart, adventures about the Highlands of Scotland.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Les Misérables (1938)
A man who cannot escape his past is pursued by an obsessed detective. Published in one, two, and five volume editions.
Author(s):
Victor Hugo
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Little Blacknose: The Story of a Pioneer (1929)
Early American railroading as seen through the eyes of the Dewitt Clinton, the first steam engine built for the New York Central Railroad.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Hildegarde Hoyt Swift
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Lord Jim (1959)
Driven from the sea by a youthful act of cowardice and betrayal, Jim makes a new life for himself, but is again faced with a life and death decision on which hinges the fate of many innocents.
Author(s):
Joseph Conrad
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Many Mansions: Selections from the Bible (1947)
Short passages from the Bible.
Author(s):
Jessie Orton Jones
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Marta of Muscovy: The Fabulous Life of Russia’s First Empress (1945)
A fictionalized biography of Catherine the First of Russia.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Phil Stong
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Moriae Encomium: or, In Praise of Folly (1943)
A satirical tour de force which had the unlooked for effect of encouraging the Protestants, although its author, a good friend of Sir (Saint) Thomas More remained faithful.
Author(s):
Desiderius Erasmus
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Mr. Wicker’s Window (1952)
When Chris applies for a job at Mr. Wicker’s antique shop, he doesn’t realize it involves traveling two hundred years into the past.
Read online at gutenberg.org.
Or archive.org.
Author(s):
Carley Dawson
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Our Mutual Friend (1957)
The Australian heir to a junk king’s fortune goes missing.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Pirate Waters (1941)
Young midshipman Harry Gringo sails aboard a U.S. Navy corvette in pursuit of a band of pirates.
Author(s):
Edwin L. Sabin
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
The Risen Soldier (1944)
The Cardinal archbishop of New York draws parallels between the deaths of service men and Christ’s sacrifice on Calvary.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Robinson Crusoe (1946)
Author(s):
Daniel Defoe
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Runner of the Mountain Tops: The Life of Louis Agassiz (1939)
A short biography of the nineteenth century scientist who first theorized the existence of past ice ages. He was known for opposing Darwin’s theory of evolution.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Mabel L. Robinson
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward