Publication of this book was made possible, in part, by a grant from
Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund.
Children’s Literature Association Series
Designed by Peter D. Halverson
The University Press of Mississippi is a member of the Association
of American University Presses.
frontis: Ruth Krauss and Crockett Johnson on their front porch, 1959.
Image courtesy of Smithsonian Institution. Reproduced courtesy of
the New Haven Register.
Copyright © 2012 by Philip Nel
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Manufactured in the United States of America
First printing 2012
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Nel, Philip, 1969–
Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss : how an unlikely couple found
love, dodged the FBI, and transformed children’s literature / Philip Nel.
p. cm. — (Children’s literature association series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-61703-624-8 (cloth : alk. paper) —
ISBN 978-1-61703-636-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) —
ISBN 978-1-61703-625-5 (ebook) 1. Johnson, Crockett, 1906–1975.
2. Krauss, Ruth. 3. Children’s literature, American—History and criticism. I. Title.
PS3519.O224Z77 2012
813’.52—dc23
[B] 2012001106
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