Seeing the Elephant: The 1920 Frank Reaugh Sketch Trip to the Grand Canyon

by Madonna Dries Christensen and Virginia Howard

In 1920, my mother and my aunt, who were just thirteen and fourteen years old, went on an all-summer odyssey with a group of artists, led by their art teacher, renowned Texas artist Frank Reaugh, traveling in a vehicle called the "Cicada," from Dallas, Texas, to the Grand Canyon, which had been designated a National Park in November 1919. My aunt's lively diary of the trip is the basis for my account, which has been expanded into a longer narrative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1632933225
• ISBN13: 9781632933225
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Sunstone Press
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"