https://www.amazon.com/Ask-My-Brother-Constance-Wagner/dp/B0007E0T8C 28-3-24 ‘Paul Sidney Laune was a writer, painter and illustrator, known for his book covers and for paintings he did of rural Western U.S. pioneer scenes. He covered pioneers, ranch-life, quarter horses in his paintings. He painted five murals for the Plains Indians and Pioneers Museum in his hometown of Woodward, Oklahoma.’ Wikipedia

Cover of #ConstanceWagner, *Ask My Brother* (Harper & Brothers 1959)
‘A novel of a Pennsylvania town during the Civil War – and of a family torn by divided loyalty and an evil secret of past corruption.’
Dust jacket art by #PaulLaune (1899-1977)
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full issue: https://archive.org/details/colliersmagazine Wagner 'was the author of five published novels and two juvenile works as well as numerous short stories, articles, and book reviews. She began her career as a freelance writer with short stories and articles published in numerous periodicals, including the Atlantic Monthly and Collier's. Her first book was an alphabet book for children, written in verse with illustrations by the well-known children's book illustrator, Helen Prickett. Her second published book, Kitchen Magic, an introduction to cooking for children, appeared in 1932. Her first novel was written with Ruth Cardwell as co-author, Even in Laughter, and appeared in 1935. Her second novel, This Magic Dust, was published in 1937. In 1940 her novel The Major Has Seven Guests appeared after being serialized in Maclean's in 1939 under the name Constance Reynolds. In 1959, her novel Ask My Brother was published by Harper.' https://www.macdowell.org/artists/constance-wagner

Constance Wagner (1903-1984), “The Far-Off Bugle”
‘The way the old man told it, nobody lost that battle’
*Collier’s* May 29, 1948
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