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| Illustration for "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen" from "Sing for Christmas" by Opal Wheeler. E.P. Dutton & Company, New York 1943. |
The book may have been planned as a sequel to the much appreciated "Favorite Hymns" by Inez Bertail from 1941. A Swede of origin, Gustaf Tenggren still has skillfully captured the very special spirit of the Anglo-Saxon type of Christmas. Already in 1936, 16 years after his arrival in USA, Tenggren had became a naturalized citizen, and his illustrations had continuously grown more and more American.
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| Cover for "Sing for Christmas" |
His interpretation was indeed as convincing as to result in yet another song book by Opal Wheeler the year after: "Sing for America" was a collection of patriotic songs that proved that Tenggren had thoroughly managed to grasp the sentiment of American cultural heritage, and to a degree that made him seem even more patriotic than the Americans themselves.
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| Cover for "Sing for America" by Opal Wheeler. E.P. Dutton & Company, New York 1944. |
