{"product_id":"biography-of-arch-bistow","title":"Biography of Arch Bistow","description":"\u003cp\u003eArch Bristow (1882-1964) was an iconic cartoonist early in his career with the\u003cbr\u003e\nnationally published Zimmie cartoon, which ran from 1905-24; at its peak, it was in\u003cbr\u003e\n152 newspapers with 14 million readers in the United States and Canada, and a very\u003cbr\u003e\nfamous writer regionally with his Hay Rake Magazine which began in 1920. He was\u003cbr\u003e\nalso the author of numerous columns in regional newspapers throughout his life,\u003cbr\u003e\nmany running simultaneously in several newspapers. He also had four books: two\u003cbr\u003e\nwith cartoons, ÒJolly Jokers in the Town of Johns Òin 1907 and ÒZimmieÕs Summer\u003cbr\u003e\nBookÓ in 1908, one of verses, ÒHay Ray VersesÓ in 1921, and one of prose,Ó Old Time\u003cbr\u003e\nTales of Warren CountyÓ in 1932. However, he is best remembered for the Hay Rake\u003cbr\u003e\nMagazine, of which he published over 40 issues of 64 pages each, where he did\u003cbr\u003e\nalmost all the illustrations, stories, and editing. In this book, you will get a\u003cbr\u003e\nbiography of Arch himself and a sample of each of his works.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe artwork for the covers was done by his friend Don Wharton of Spring Creek, PA.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Don Rickerson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44931211591841,"sku":"9781387672912","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/6zek6d-front-shortedge-384_683e37b4-b8d5-493c-bee2-60938825b6d2.jpg?v=1748307151","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/biography-of-arch-bistow","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}