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AUG. 27-29, 2019 PART 9: WILDERNESS: A JOURNAL OF QUIET ADVENTURE IN ALASKA - INFLUENCE & REVIEWS

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ROCKWELL KENT WILDERNESS CENTENNIAL JOURNAL 100 YEARS LATER by Doug Capra © 2018-19 Part 9 – Wilderness & the Alaska Paintings: The Reviews Aug. 27-29, 2019 ABOVE – Various editions of Wilderness . The edition with my foreword is at lower left, a reprint of the 1970 special signed and boxed limited edition overseen by Kent himself – at upper right. At lower right is the 1930 Modern Library edition. At upper left is the 1920 edition. If you look for the book at amazon.com, you find several recent new printings of the 1920 edition. Since it was published before 1920, the book is now in the public domain. BELOW – Various editions of Northern Christmas . For the original 1941 edition published by the American Artists Group (at upper left), Kent excerpted the Christmas chapter from Wilderness w ith minor changes and a special format. The 1996 edition with my foreword is at upper right. The boxed edition at front was published in 1983 by Random House wit