Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss: How an Unlikely Couple Found Love, Dodged the FBI, and Transformed Children's Literature

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Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss Crockett Johnson and Ruth KRAUSS How an Unlikely Couple Found Love, Dodged the FBI, and Transformed Children’s Literature Philip Nel U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s o f M i s s i s s i pp i • J a c k s o n Publication of this book was made possible, in part, by a grant from Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund. Children’s Literature Association Series www.upress.state.ms.us Designed by Peter D. Halverson The University Press of Mississippi is a member of the Association of American University Presses. frontis: Ruth Krauss and Crockett Johnson on their front porch, 1959. Image courtesy of Smithsonian Institution. Reproduced courtesy of the New Haven Register. Copyright © 2012 by Philip Nel All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America First printing 2012 ∞ Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Nel, Philip, 1969– Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss : how an unlikely couple found love, dodged the FBI, and transformed children’s literature / Philip Nel. p. cm. — (Children’s literature association series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-61703-624-8 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-61703-636-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-61703-625-5 (ebook) 1. Johnson, Crockett, 1906–1975. 2. Krauss, Ruth. 3. Children’s literature, American—History and criticism . I. Title. PS3519.O224Z77 2012 813’.52—dc23 [B] 2012001106 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available To Karin, who, for a dozen years, shared her spouse with this book This page intentionally left blank ...