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Article: NORMAN ROCKWELL: AMERICA'S FAVORITE ILLUSTRATOR
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- The Saturday Evening Post
- Article date:
- January 1, 2009
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society Jan/Feb 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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In his warm, witty, and utterly candid autobiography, first published in 1960, the beloved artist offered Post readers a glimpse into his life and the often mischievous world around him.
When I was ten years old, a skinny kid with a long neck and narrow shoulders, I wanted to be a weight lifter. So I began a program of exercises to strengthen myself. Every morning I would do pushups, deep knee bends, jumping jacks, and the like before my bedroom mirror. After a month or so, unable to detect any improvement, I gave up. Instead of becoming a weight lifter, I decided to fall back on what seemed to be my only talent - drawing. And here I am, 56 years later, still drawing.
Every so often, ...
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