for Gross’ book Hiawatta.
Gross’ masterpiece, He Done Her Wrong, is a wordless novel done in pen-and-ink cartoons as a parody of Lynd Ward’s Gods’ Man.
Born March 4, 1895 in the Bronx, NY; died November 29, 1953 on a Pacific Ocean liner. Milt Gross was an American cartoonist and animator. His work is noted for its exaggerated cartoon style and Yiddish-inflected English dialogue.
In 1930, Gross published what many consider his masterpiece, the pantomime tale He Done Her Wrong: The Great American Novel and Not a Word in It — No Music, Too. …… this “novel” is composed entirely of pen-and-ink cartoons, nearly 300 pages long……. It resembled (and parodied) Lynd Ward’s Gods’ Man, published the previous year.
Wikipedia
- Title: He Done Her Wrong: The Great American Novel and Not a Word in It — No Music, Too
- Author and Illustrator: Milt Gross
- Date: 1930
- ISBN: not applicable
- Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Co
- Place of publication: Garden City, N.Y.
- Printer: ?
- Copyright: Milt Gross
- Size:
- Dust jacket: Yes – designed by the artist?
- slipcase: doubtful
- Binding: hard cover
- Cover: paper covered?????
- Language: English titles, etc
- Paginated: unpaginated
- Printed: verso and recto
- Edition: Trade only, not limited??
- done in at least 3 printings – changed DJ?
Later Editions
1963 – Dell soft cover
- New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc.
- Unpaginated,
- cover designed by Fred Harsh.
- First Paperback Edition.
- Dated May 1963.
- 40 cents cover price.
1971 – New York: Dover Publications
1983 – Name changed
- Hearts of Gold: The Great American Novel and Not a Word in It—No Music, Too.
- New York: Abbeville Press
2005 Fantagraphics Seattle
- ISBN: 1-56097-694-2
- Introduction by Craig Yoe
2006 Fantagraphics Seattle
- ISBN-10 : 1560976942
ISBN-13 : 978-1560976943 - Number of Pages: 256
- New edition (7 mars 2006)
Dimensions : 17.53 x 2.03 x 20.07 cm