Theodor Geisel

Given unprecedented access to Dartmouth’s extensive Theodor Geisel holdings, Pease captures this life in full as he offers fresh insights into the sources of Geisel’s creativity, from his surreal images to his anti-authoritarian stance and slapstick humor. Readers are treated to many lesser-known illustrations, such as his censored creations during college, insecticide ads, and wartime political cartoons–all of which offer a glimpse of his early artistic style and the visual origins of the more famous creatures that later populated his children’s books.