Oxen. Plough. Bicycle. by Jack W. Stauffacher

A project in San Francisco, CA by Dennis Letbetter
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The last book of one of the great book designers. It is the only book of his very well-seen photographs of a long-lost postwar Tuscany
Backers: 52
Average Pledge Per Backer: $184

Funded: $9,552 of $9,000
Dates: Mar 18th -> May 17th (60 days)
Project By: Dennis Letbetter
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Latest News

"Please understand this."

May 16th - via: kickstarter.com
A diary entry from May 12/57  (his bicycle was a yellow Legnano)  (Read More)

Thank you all, with a new idea

May 16th - via: kickstarter.com
The diary scans are so popular, perhaps I will create a small on demand volume of them.  (Read More)

Approaching the end, Thank you for your support

May 15th - via: kickstarter.com
A diary entry from April 29/57  (Read More)

Thank you for your very generous support

May 14th - via: kickstarter.com
An entry from Jack's diary, 6 January 1958  (Read More)

Thank you all on this Mother's Day for your support

May 12th - via: kickstarter.com
from Jack's diary, a reverie about 26 letters.  (Read More)

Thank you all so very much!

May 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Here is a special entry from Jack's diary of 1956, the exuberant enthusings of a 36 year old man on his bicycle in Tuscany.   (Read More)

We have 13 days left. Thank all of you.

May 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Here is another entry from Jack's 1956 diary  (Read More)

Celebrating 50 backers! Thanks to the generosity of all of you we are succeeding.

April 29th - via: kickstarter.com
We still have books and rewards available. Certainly the wish is to distribute these items so they don't simply remain in storage. Here is an image from Jack's typewritten Tuscan journal dated 1956, with a photograph attached. We sadly could not find... (Read More)

A Diary Entry of Jack W. Stauffacher from 1956

April 20th - via: kickstarter.com
This is from October 21 and 22, 1956, hand typed by Jack with one of his photographs attached. His words capture his love of Tuscany, a Tuscany now lost. He would often speak about the beautiful oxen. These diary entries are a privileged window into... (Read More)

It's simply wonderful all of the support you have offered. Thank you

April 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Dennis and Jack at the Bonnafont Gallery in the day  (Read More)

Thank you to our generous backers

April 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Here is a hand typed diary of Jack W. Stauffacher from Tuscany, dated November 29/57 about architecture. The photograph he attached of the plow looking like an arrow is in Oxen. Plough. Bicycle.  (Read More)

Thanks to our 41 backers we are 82% towards our goal

April 9th - via: kickstarter.com
One of the ideas of our campaign is to distribute Jack's book to those we don't know. His circle of friends and colleagues was so very wide, please help us spread the word to your own list of potentially interested contacts. Thank all of you. This... (Read More)

Thanks to you we are approaching our goal!

April 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
As a thank you gift to all of you, here is a photograph of Jack Stauffacher looking at an early proof of his last book prepared by Pino Trogu.  The scanned document is from Jack's hand typed diary from Verona 1956. This excerpt is not in his book... (Read More)

Thank you for supporting the Stauffacher book project

March 26th - via: kickstarter.com
You have been generous beyond measure.  Jack was a wonderful man and this book is unique in his work: his only book  of photographs and his last book. We are 56% on the way to our goal, with 31 backers and 51 days to go. Please spread the word to... (Read More)

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