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.

circa 1926 promotional piece for Gross’ book Hiawatta.

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?

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: 1-56097-694-2 same as above??
  • ISBN-13 9781560976943
  • Number of Pages: 256
  • New edition (7 mars 2006)
    Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 17.53 x 2.03 x 20.07 cm
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1560976942
    ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1560976943