Paul Gauguin's Son: The Life and Times of Emile Gauguin

This is two books for the price of one. First, it is about Emile: his famous family and his exciting life ... a tale of exhilarating ups and downs nearly ending in suicide. But it ends happily ... when he met one of the authors.Second, it is a resource: A history of the Gauguin-Uribe families all in a single place, replete with unknown trivia such as-who rescued Paul's family from poverty (p. 8, Chap.3)? -who taught Paul to paint (p. 9)?-who unknowingly launched the career of the creator of the world's most expensive painting?-how van Gogh really lost his ear (p. 357)?-how two emperors impacted Paul's climb to fame (Chap.1), -how many days does it take to travel 125 miles on horseback?-how many days did it take Paul's sister to travel from Paris to Bogota (p. 76, 272)?Plus, a lot more, for example: -Paul's early, uncatalogued, paintings (p. 11, 138; write to [email protected] to see them), -mini bios of other people of note (e.g., Flora Tristan - Chap. 2 and Aline Gauguin - Chap. 3, Paul's nephew, Pedro - Appendix), -a few new Gauguin painters, -three family trees with up to nine generations, -a 5-page bibliography-a 6-page, Gauguin timeline stretching from 1773 to 2005, -an extensive appendix p. 265-366, -email conversations with Emile's Danish grandchildren.-32 pages of photos and -a 21-page index.So, buy the book and amaze your friends.Readers have said: "Will prove to be one of the most comprehensive accounts of the Gauguin family." Michelle, a Paul Gauguin specialist and author. "Loved reading this ... the story, the flow." Jonas Gauguin, great-grandson. "Information-packed ... fascinating." Englewood Sun. "A little gem." Thomas Sullivan, best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize nominee.