A Joy For Ever treats art not merely as an object bought and sold in the market but as a question of how a society should use its labor, wealth, and moral responsibility. Ruskin ar...
Elwood Brandon, Howard Lawrence, and the Irishman Tim O’Rooney set out for California by steamer, but a sudden fire forces them to escape the ship and drift toward an unknown shor...
After securing needed supplies, the group travels by canoe along the river and gains a new companion, Shasta, a young Pah Utah. Shasta helps them with hunting, fishing, and river c...
After parting from Shasta, the group reaches the western shore, but a ramble leads to someone becoming lost and throws them into another serious crisis. Waiting, watching, and a lo...
Jack Carleton and Otto Relstaub leave home to recover a lost horse but soon find themselves caught in a series of dangerous adventures across the wilderness after being captured by...
The second half highlights Deerfoot's remarkable wilderness skills as the travelers encounter trappers, Native villages, and rival tribes, offering a broader view of indigenous cus...
Frondes Agrestes: Readings in Modern Painters is a carefully selected anthology from Modern Painters that presents Ruskin's essential ideas on nature, beauty, and the purpose of ar...
Giotto and His Works in Padua is John Ruskin's study of Giotto's frescoes in the Arena Chapel, explaining how they marked a decisive turning point in medieval art by uniting spirit...
Lectures on Art presents Ruskin's vision of art as he begins his role as the first Slade Professor of Fine Art at Oxford, explaining that art is a vital force in shaping both indiv...
Letters to the Clergy on the Lord's Prayer and the Church is a collection of public letters in which John Ruskin reflects on the meaning of the Lord's Prayer, the true nature of th...
Our Fathers Have Told Us combines travel writing, historical reflection, and cultural criticism to explore the legacy of Christian civilization and its enduring influence on later ...
Saint Ursula: I. The Story of St. Ursula. II. The Dream of St. Ursula. brings together John Ruskin's retelling of the legend of Saint Ursula and his interpretation of Vittore Carpa...
The Eagle’s Nest is a series of ten lectures delivered by John Ruskin at Oxford in 1872, exploring the relation between natural science and art and arguing that both fields should...
The Harbours of England explores English ports not merely as centers of trade and navigation but as places where history, culture, and human life converge, using the works of J. M....
Fred Linden and Terence Clark venture into the Ozark wilderness to search for a missing cow but soon become entangled in a far more dangerous adventure involving Native American sc...
The second half follows the young hunters as conflicts with hostile tribes intensify and their journey carries them across forests, rivers, and open prairie through signal fires, p...
The King of the Golden River is a fairy tale about Treasure Valley, a once-fertile land ruined by the greed and cruelty of two older brothers, while their kind younger brother Gluc...
