▁extremely ▁knowledge able ▁about ▁art ▁history ▁and ▁contemporary ▁art ▁and ▁his ▁th irst ▁to ▁better ▁his ▁skills ▁led ▁him ▁to ▁books ▁by ▁Howard ▁P yle ▁and ▁NC ▁Wy eth , ▁which ▁he ▁studied ▁closely . ▁K ane ' s ▁career ▁began ▁during ▁the ▁great ▁de pression ▁when ▁he ▁and ▁a ▁few ▁of ▁his ▁artist ▁friends ▁left ▁Philadelphia ▁for ▁New ▁York ▁City . ▁It ▁was ▁difficult ▁to ▁find ▁employ ment ▁during ▁this ▁time . ▁However , ▁K ane ' s ▁talent ▁was ▁getting ▁noticed ▁and ▁around ▁ 1 9 3 0 ▁and ▁eventually ▁opened ▁the ▁door ▁to ▁Street ▁& ▁Smith . ▁One ▁of ▁his ▁first ▁pay ing ▁jobs , ▁drawing ▁for ▁Western ▁Story ▁Magazine . ▁K ane ▁eventually ▁married ▁his ▁wife ▁Min na ▁and ▁they ▁lived ▁in ▁Green wich ▁Village . ▁When ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁began ▁and ▁K ane ▁was ▁draft ed ▁and ▁sent ▁to ▁Hawai i ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁map ▁mak er . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 1 , ▁Harry ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁had ▁their ▁first ▁child , ▁a ▁son ▁they ▁named ▁Eug ene . ▁They ▁soon ▁realized ▁that ▁their ▁son ▁was ▁hand ic apped . ▁Eug ene ▁would ▁spend ▁much ▁of ▁his ▁life ▁in ▁an ▁institution . ▁As ▁K ane ▁was ▁station ed ▁in ▁Hawai i , ▁Min na ▁ ▁was ▁left ▁to ▁raise ▁Eug ene ▁on ▁her ▁own . ▁She ▁pet ition ed ▁the ▁army ▁to ▁release ▁K ane ▁early ▁to ▁help ▁with ▁Eug ene ▁but ▁to ▁no ▁avail . ▁The ▁war ▁ended ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 5 ▁and