Lynd Kendall Ward was an American artist and novelist. He is known for his "novels without words" using wood engraved images to tell his stories. He is considered to be an influence on today's graphic novels.
Madman's Drum / by Lynd Ward. New York: Jonathan Cape, 1930.
Ward's second "novel without words" tells the story of a quiet man, the son of a slave trader. The images will transfix you as you "read" the story.
Prelude to a Million Years: a book of Wood Engravings / by Lynd Ward. New York: Equinox, 1933.
God's Man: A Novel in Woodcuts / by Lynd Ward. New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1929.
Wild Pilgrimage / by Lynd Ward. New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1932.
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