SYNOPSIS OF THE BOOK

In 1953, only one year after the artist Earle K. Bergey's tragic death, two young women set fire to his life's work—until a desperate model intervenes, pulling paintings from the flames. The model vows to keep the artist's story secret to her grave, but breaks her silence, 42 years later, when Bergey's grandson makes a life-changing discovery and begins to uncover his grandfather's heartbreaking truth.

Not all secrets die with their keepers—even those that burned.

A Narrative Non-fiction thriller, The Painter, the Pin-up, and the Pallbearer tells the story of the most elusive giant in the field of American illustration and the fascinating, extravagant, even brutal culture behind America's most jaw-dropping magazine art.