"In this thoroughly researched monographic study of John B. Flannagan, Katherine Rangoon Doyle has produced a major artist-biography that illuminates the life and work of a singular American sculptor. Hers is the first in-depth investigation of Flannagan's significance as an American original. Her probing analysis deepens understanding of the direct carving movement in American sculpture as well as the cultural and socioeconomic factors that constrained the development of twentieth-century American modernism before World War II. An eminently engaging biography that would appeal to artists, art lovers, and general-interest readers alike." Judith Zilczer, Curator Emerita, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution
"This book makes an important contribution to the fields of American art history and the history of both American and European sculpture, as it will be the first published major monograph on this important artist.." Melissa Dabakis, Kenyon College, Professor Emerita of Art History