Here's a long-forgotten Peter Arno drawing of castaway Robinson Crusoe. Munro Leaf, the author of Ferdinand the Bull, wrote a one-page, tongue-in-cheek condensed version of Daniel Defoe's novel for publication in a 1940 magazine. The eBay seller has gone out of his way to conceal the magazine's name. If you're selling a single magazine page for $11.95, you don't really want someone to be able to go out and buy the entire issue of the magazine elsewhere for less.
Perhaps it's Literary Digest. Wouldn't that be appropriate?
Perhaps it's Literary Digest. Wouldn't that be appropriate?
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Robinson Crusoe: "There were some wild goats around, but you can't make a wild goat draw to an inside straight." Peter Arno The American Magazine, April 1940, p. 60
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July 19, 2024 Update: I now have reason to believe that this page is part of a series from The American Magazine.
August 3, 2024 Update: I have confirmed that this appeared in the April 1940 issue of The American Magazine and I have updated the caption on the above image. The following scan of Arno's illustration is provided by Jeff Nelson.
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Robinson Crusoe: "There were some wild goats around, but you can't make a wild goat draw to an inside straight." —Munro Leaf Peter Arno The American Magazine, April 1940, p. 60 Scan by Jeff Nelson |
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