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Seeing the Elephant - by Virginia Howard (Paperback)
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Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: General
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Sunstone Press
Age Range: Adult
Author: Virginia Howard
Language: English
About the Book
"In 1920, Frank Reaugh, the dean of Texas artists, led a two-month painting expedition in his art touring bus, The Cicada, to the new national park-the Grand Canyon-a round trip journey through the Southwest from Dallas, Texas, accompanied by six female artists including three of his teenage art students, one of whom, Virginia Goerner, kept a detailed diary of their adventures"--Book Synopsis
In 1920, my mother and my aunt, who were just thirteen and fourteen years old, went on an all-summer odyssey with a group of artists, led by their art teacher, renowned Texas artist Frank Reaugh, traveling in a vehicle called the "Cicada," from Dallas, Texas, to the Grand Canyon, which had been designated a National Park in November 1919. My aunt's lively diary of the trip is the basis for my account, which has been expanded into a longer narrative. The title Seeing the Elephant was chosen because the travelers' experiences fit the old story of "seeing the elephant." They had car engine problems, had flat tires, got stuck in mud, ran out of money, and were visited by tarantulas-but none of it mattered because of the thrilling wonders of the trip, the breathtaking scenery and the opportunity to try to capture it on paper. Toward the end of my writing process on this manuscript, I reflected on the two-month odyssey of the Cicada in 1920 and realized that it was a metaphor for life itself-the joys, challenges, sorrows, and people met along the journey-embraced by an overriding beauty. The story is told in first person, from my aunt's point of view.
