When I'm Dead All This Will Be Yours: Joe Teller -- A Portrait By His Kid. This item is unavailable.When I'm Dead All This Will Be Yours: Joe Teller -- A Portrait By His Kid

<div>On a visit to his elderly artist-parents, Teller found a dusty portfolio of cartoons that his father drew in 1939. Teller asked about the people in the drawings: the streetcar operators, waitresses, soldiers, bums. And Mam and Pad (Irene and Joe) began to unfold the hidden history of their world before their Bundle of Joy came along. Out came the Hobo Shoebox, full of letters Joe wrote while riding the rails during the Great Depression; their daring photos as art students, eloping to escape their feuding families; and the War Trunk. Readers stand beside Teller as Pad teaches him why using a ruler in painting is evil; join Mam as she interprets the designs hidden in Joe's "art pancakes"; and enter the world of a most peculiar, philosophical, funny, and loving family.</div>

The Star Of Penn & Teller Gives A Fascinating Account Of His Father's Life; Enter the world of a most peculiar, funny, and loving family. Teller, the comedic magician of Penn & Teller fame, performs silently, never speaking, never revealing - until now. He has written a book predominately about Joe, his father, but also the marriage to Irene, his mother, and the life they led before their famous son came along. Titled after a favourite saying of Joe's, this beautifully illustrated book tells the story of a depression-era hobo, an unpublished cartoonist, undisplayed painter, unheralded poet and caustic commentator. But much more than a biography, this book opens a door to the past and gives the reader a remarkable glimpse into the lives of two very talented and intelligent people who raised a remarkable son. Includes:; The portfolio of cartoons that Joe Teller drew in 1939.; The letters home Joe wrote while riding the rails during the Great Depression; The daring photos from their days as art students; The War Trunk, a chronicle of Joe's World War II days (complete with hula skirts).; Why using a ruler in painting is evil.