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Howard Pyle (March 5, 1853 — November 9, 1911) was an American illustrator and writer, primarily of books for young audiences. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, he spent the last year of his life in Florence, Italy.__FORCETOC__In 1894 he began teaching illustration at the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry (now Drexel University), and after 1900 he founded his own school of art and illustration called the Howard Pyle School of Illustration Art. The term the Brandywine School was later applied to the illustration artists and Wyeth family artists of the Brandywine region by Pitz (later called the Brandywine School). Some of his more famous students were Olive Rush, N. C. Wyeth, Frank Schoonover, Elenore Abbott, Ellen Bernard Thompson Pyle, Allen Tupper True, Anna Whelan Betts, Ethel Franklin Betts, Harvey Dunn and Jessie Willcox Smith.

His 1883 classic The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood remains in print to this day, and his other books, frequently with medieval European settings, include a four-volume set on King Arthur that cemented his reputation.

He wrote an original novel, Otto of the Silver Hand, in 1888. He also illustrated historical and adventure stories for periodicals such as Harper's Weekly and St. Nicholas Magazine. His novel Men of Iron was made into a movie in 1954, The Black Shield of Falworth.

Pyle travelled to Florence, Italy to study mural painting in 1910, and died there in 1911 of sudden kidney infection (Bright's Disease).

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Total Books: 543
Classic Starts The Adventures of Robin Hood
2020 - Classic Starts the Adventures of Robin Hood (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781454938002
ISBN-10: 1454938005
Genre: Children's Books
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Killing Britney
2005 - Killing Britney (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780689877780
ISBN-10: 0689877781
Genre: Teen & Young Adult
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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The King Arthur Audio Collection
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
1986 - The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780451522849
ISBN-10: 0451522842
Genres: Children's Books, Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9789992487341
ISBN-10: 9992487348
Genre: Children's Books
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