#vardis fisher

[paintermagazine]

‘Mind the step!’

Original artist: Hugh Joseph Ward

Originally published: August 1943

[mudwerks]

Intimations of Eve, by Vardis Fisher (Pyramid, 1961), the third installment in his 12-book series, “The Testament of Man.”

Cover art by Jack Thurston

The primitive roots of the Eternal Woman - her mystery, her magic, her mastery over men

[vendriin]

Jeremiah Johnson (1972)

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Vardis Fisher - Intimations of Eve - Pyramid - 1961 (cover illustration by Jack Thurston)

[godfatherofsol]

[the25centpaperback]

Pemmican by Vardis Fisher, cover by Unknown Artist (1965)

Sex sells, which is obvious if you look at the cover to most any paperback. Other editions of this Vardis Fisher historical novel also focus on this exact scene from the novel: the half-naked white woman, raised by native people as in the roughly contemporary novel and film The Searchers, surprised by the sudden appearance of the white hero. Compare the first cover with the second, which belongs to an earlier Pocket Books printing. It’s the same character, same scene, and same "nubile savage" trope.

[vintagepaperbacks]

Cardinal C 177 _ Tom Dunn by uk vintage on Flickr.

Via Flickr: 1955; No Villain need be by Vardis Fisher. Cover art by Tom Dunn.

[apartness]

Pemmican Front Cover by Calsidyrose on Flickr.