Earl Oliver Hurst
(1898 - 1958)
Earl Oliver Hurst was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1898. After a stint in World War I, he took night classes at the Cleveland School of Art. His style was spirited and vibrant. He provided illustrations for popular periodicals as well as children’s books. In 2010, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Society of Illustrators.
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Bibliography
Angel Cake (1952)
Cyril is a young hotel clerk who is advised to invest his inherited fortune in Broadway theatricals.
The Old Reliable (1951)
A collection of characters congregate in and around the mansion of former silent screen star Adela Shannon Cork. The right man gets the right girl in the end. This novel was derived from a play, which was derived from the novel Spring Fever.
Pigs Have Wings (1952)
The Shropshire Agricultural Show is coming up and it is pig stealing time as Gally grabs Sir Gregory Parsloe’s Queen of Matchingham and George Cyril Wellbeloved, former pigman to Lord Emsworth, now in Parsloe’s employ goes for the Empress of Blandings. Will either porker show or will the title go to a dark pig?
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