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Herge : the man who created Tintin / Pierre Assouline ; translated by Charles Ruas.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.Description: xi, 276 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780195397598 (acid-free paper)
  • 0195397592 (acid-free paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 22 741.5092 A849
LOC classification:
  • PN6790.B43 H47264 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
A life in gray: 1907-1925 -- Scoutmaster in the twentieth century: 1925-1929 -- The many births of Tintin: 1929-1934 -- What Chang taught Hergé: 1934-1936 -- Eye of the storm: 1936-1940 -- The golden age: 1940-1944 -- The plight of the Inciviques: 1944-1946 -- The dark years: 1946-1950 -- Toward fulfillment: 1950-1958 -- The demon of purity: 1958-1960 -- Finishing touches: 1960-1973 -- The end of a life, the culmination of his work: 1973-1983.
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This first English-language edition retains the core but not the totality of the original French edition.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-258) and index.

A life in gray: 1907-1925 -- Scoutmaster in the twentieth century: 1925-1929 -- The many births of Tintin: 1929-1934 -- What Chang taught Hergé: 1934-1936 -- Eye of the storm: 1936-1940 -- The golden age: 1940-1944 -- The plight of the Inciviques: 1944-1946 -- The dark years: 1946-1950 -- Toward fulfillment: 1950-1958 -- The demon of purity: 1958-1960 -- Finishing touches: 1960-1973 -- The end of a life, the culmination of his work: 1973-1983.

Translated from the French.

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