My Land is the Southwest: Peter Hurd Letters and Journals

by Peter Hurd

Book Overview

In July, 1921, Peter Hurd was a West Point plebe with dreams of a military destiny. But by the spring of 1924, the young man from Roswell, New Mexico, had abandoned the army as a career and was studying painting in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, under N. C. Wyeth. The experiences that led Hurd to art, and ultimately to fame as a painter of the Southwest, are candidly revealed in this comprehensive autobiographical collection of Hurd's letters and journals...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890961565
• ISBN13: 9780890961568
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 2.06 lbs.