After a few weeks with nary a Newbery recoverification to be seen, it’s back to the design grindstone (designstone?) today with…
1942: The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds
Early Cover:
My Redo:
Side by Side:
Verdict: My redo brings things up to date a bit, but as I know nothing about matchlock guns, I’m sure the weapon on my cover isn’t the height of accuracy. What say you?
Read Previous Covering the Newbery Posts:
1933: Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
1931: The Cat Who Went to Heaven
1930: Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
1928: Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon
1927: Smoky, the Cowhorse by Will James
1926: Shen of the Sea by Arthur Bowie Chrisman
1925: Tales from Silver Lands by Charles J. Finger
1924: The Dark Frigate by Charles Boardman Hawes
1923: The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
1922: The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
(Source image: “mosin nagant bolt-action rifle†http://www.flickr.com/photos/mad_house_photography/4400615547/)
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Love, love, love that new cover! It screams “pick me up!” to those boys, you know the ones…
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Only problem is the new on is not a matchlock. In fact, the gun on the cover would not have thought possible when matchlocks where around.
Yeah, I was pretty certain the one on my cover wasn’t the correct type. Since I’m using creative commons licensed pictures from Flickr, the choices are a bit limited. Maybe we can just pretend it’s a matchlock? No? Oh, alright.
Yeah, a real matchlock picture would be nice. They’re interesting-looking weapons. From about the middle of the scroll on the Pitt Rivers Museum blog: http://bit.ly/cJ7oLs