# Charles Geer

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**Charles Hand Geer** (August 25, 1922 – December 7, 2008) was an American illustrator, painter and author. He illustrated numerous books, mainly for children and young adults, and created a wide variety of cover paintings for books in many genres.

Geer grew up on [Long Island](/source/Long_Island), New York, attended [Dartmouth College](/source/Dartmouth_College) in [New Hampshire](/source/New_Hampshire), and then served in the [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) during World War II. Following the war he attended art school at the [Pratt Institute](/source/Pratt_Institute).

Many of the buildings in his illustrations and covers featured [Second Empire architecture](/source/Second_Empire_architecture), with their characteristic [mansard roofs](/source/Mansard_roof).

Geer lived in [Rockland, Maine](/source/Rockland,_Maine), until his death in 2008, where he enjoyed [sailing](/source/Sailing) and painting [watercolors](/source/Watercolor_painting). Over the years, he built several boats.

## Selected works

### As illustrator

- *[Game of Statues](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Game-Statues-Anne-Stevenson/dp/000221296X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1549809070&sr=1-1&keywords=game+of+statues+anne)* by Anne Stevenson
- *Schoolboy Johnson* by [John R. Tunis](/source/John_R._Tunis)[1]
- *Mystery at Redtop Hill,* by Marjory Schwalje, 1965
- *[The Mad Scientists' Club](/source/The_Mad_Scientists'_Club),* by [Bertrand R. Brinley](/source/Bertrand_R._Brinley)
- *The New Adventures of the Mad Scientists' Club,* by Bertrand R. Brinley
- *The Big Kerplop,* by Bertrand R. Brinley
- *The Big Chunk of Ice,* by Bertrand R. Brinley
- *The Marvelous Inventions of Alvin Fernald,* by [Clifford B. Hicks](/source/Clifford_B._Hicks)
- *Miss Pickerell on the Moon,* by [Dora F. Pantell](/source/Dora_F._Pantell)
- *Miss Pickerell and the Weather Satellite,* by Dora F. Pantell
- *Miss Pickerell and the Blue Whales,* by Dora F. Pantell
- *Miss Pickerell and the War of the Computers,* by Dora F. Pantell
- *Miss Pickerell and the Lost World,* by Dora F. Pantell
- *Wild Geese Flying,* by [Cornelia Meigs](/source/Cornelia_Meigs)
- *That Summer With Lexy!,* by Audrey McKim
- *McNulty's Holiday,* by Rutherford Montgomery
- *Sauncey and Mr. King's Gallery,* by Clara Ann Simmons
- *The Biggest (and Best) Flag That Ever Flew,* by Rebecca C. Jones, 1988
- *The Story of [Dwight D. Eisenhower](/source/Dwight_D._Eisenhower),* by Arthur J. Beckhard, 1956[2]
- *[Katie Kittenheart](https://books.google.com/books?id=5T6mP9gahywC)* by [Miriam E. Mason](/source/Miriam_E._Mason). Macmillan, 1957.[3]
- *[Lost in the Barrens](/source/Lost_in_the_Barrens)* by [Farley Mowat](/source/Farley_Mowat)
- *Sandro's Battle,* by David Scott Daniell, 1962 (jacket only)
- *The Pipe Organ in the Parlour,* by Lilla Stirling, 1960
- *Secret Under Antarctica,* by [Gordon R. Dickson](/source/Gordon_R._Dickson)
- *The Secret Raft,* by Hazel Krantz
- *Plain Girl,* by Virginia Sorensen
- *Gretchen of Grand Pré,* by Lilla Stirling
- "The Lonely Mound," by William Campbell Gault (cover illustrator)

### As author

- *Dexter and the Deer Lake Mystery* (1965)
- *Soot Devil* (1971)
- *The [Pipe Organ](/source/Pipe_Organ) in the Parlour* (also by Lilla Stirling, 1960)

## References

1. Schoolboy Johnson by John R. Tunis

1. ["Political: Books 1930–1959"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070928045807/http://amres.com/catalogs/PLB3.asp). Americana Resources (amres.com). September 28, 2007. Archived from [the original](http://amres.com/catalogs/PLB3.asp) on September 28, 2007. Retrieved 2015-12-13. See Catalog number B0021.

1. ["Book Review: Katie Kittenheart"](https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/miriam-e-mason-2/katie-kittenheart/). *Kirkus Reviews*. Retrieved 2023-03-15.

## External links

- [Happy 85th, Charles Geer! (Illustrator, "The Mad Scientists' Club" by Bertrand Brinley)](http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Rec/rec.arts.books.childrens/2007-08/msg00051.html)
- [familysearch.org](https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/X8ZG-7MM/p1) — U.S. Social Security Death Index for Charles H Geer

- [https://www.facebook.com/CharlesGeerillustrator/?fref=ts](https://www.facebook.com/CharlesGeerillustrator/?fref=ts)

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