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Hidden Treasures

Quilts from 1600 to 1860, Rarely Seen Pre-Civil War Textiles from the Poos Collection

By: Lori Lee Triplett,Kay Triplett

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Hidden Treasures

Quilts from 1600 to 1860, Rarely Seen Pre-Civil War Textiles from the Poos Collection

By: Lori Lee Triplett,Kay Triplett

One hundred spectacular antique quilts from one of the largest, privately held quilt and textile collections in the world. Turn back time with color photos and insightful essays about America’s quilting past! Admire one hundred antique quilts and textiles you’ve never seen before, curated from the remarkable Poos Collection. Flip through the pages to find a wide range of styles in pre-Civil War quilting—elaborate hand piecing and appliqué, signature quilts, wholecloth beauties, cutout chintz, and intarsia, plus the only known example of an American pictorial war quilt. An invaluable resource to America’s quilt history, the Poos Collection shares its classic, one-of-a-kind quilts. Admire one hundred colorful artifacts from the priceless Poos Collection Read insights and information on the history behind the quilts Relax and feast your eyes on these pre-1860 quilts, including album, wool, paper-pieced, white-on-white wholecloth, red and green, indigo, and chintz quilts

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1617458082

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9781617458088

Indigo Quilts

30 Quilts from the Poos Collection

By: Kay Triplett,Lori Lee Triplett

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Indigo Quilts

30 Quilts from the Poos Collection

By: Kay Triplett,Lori Lee Triplett

A detailed look at the history of Indigo quilts, as well as five beautiful projects inspired by antique designs. The beauty of Indigo quilts is undeniable. Explore the origins of the fiber and fabric presented by two members of the American Quilt Study Group. Step inside the Poos Collection of quilts, one of the largest privately held collections in the world. Featuring stunning quilts circa 1750 to 1890. Get inspired and make one of the gorgeous quilt projects using present day Indigo or reproduction fabrics. Includes: 25 stunning antique quilts from one of the world’s largest privately held quilt and textile collections Appliqué and patchwork! 5 beautiful projects inspired by antique quilts Photographic history of indigo’s origins in textiles, from Africa to America Praise for Indigo Quilts “This excellent mix of history and quilt projects is the Triplett sisters’ third book based off the Poos Collections, a large, privately held gathering of quilts and textiles managed by the authors. . . . The Tripletts’ style is scholarly and readable; the pictures are stunning and seductive, and the book finishes off with five indigo design projects for the mid-level-to-expert quilter.” —Publishers Weekly “In their third book about the collection, their focus is on historic indigo quilts, as well as the African tradition of indigo cultivation and dyeing that was brought to the United States both by African traders and explorers and by slaves captured from their West African homelands. . . . Historical quilt enthusiasts will appreciate the depth of the Tripletts’ research on the history of indigo dyeing; contemporary quilters who appreciate reproduction quilts will enjoy the gallery and the patterns.” —Library Journal

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C&T Publishing Inc

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1617452440

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9781617452444

Pioneer Quilts

Prairie Settlers' Life in Fabric

By: Lori Lee Triplett,Kay Triplett

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Pioneer Quilts

Prairie Settlers' Life in Fabric

By: Lori Lee Triplett,Kay Triplett

Discover the history and culture of America’s pioneers chronicled in quilts and learn how to create your own inspired designs. Join fictional character Esther Heinzmann as she narrates the journey through authentic, pioneer-era creations from the Poos Collection—each featured in full color on a 2-page spread. Ideal for traditional quilters and quilt history buffs, this robust offering of 30 antique quilts also includes 5 quilt projects that readers can recreate at home. Offering access to the authors’ privately held family collection, this book gives an in-depth look at the importance of quilts to the pioneer life. As you view the quilts, you'll also read accounts of the Westward Expansion, including information on preparation for the long journey and a depiction of real life on the prairie.

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1617454664

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Pioneer Quilts

Prairie Settlers' Life in Fabric

By: Lori Lee Triplett,Kay Triplett

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Prairie Settlers' Life in Fabric

By: Lori Lee Triplett,Kay Triplett

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Giant City State Park and the Civilian Conservation Corps

A History in Words and Pictures

By: Kay Rippelmeyer

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Giant City State Park and the Civilian Conservation Corps

A History in Words and Pictures

By: Kay Rippelmeyer

Many recognize Giant City State Park as one of the premier recreation spots in southern Illinois, with its unspoiled forests, glorious rock formations, and famous sandstone lodge. But few know the park’s history or are aware of the remarkable men who struggled to build it. Giant City State Park and the Civilian Conservation Corps: A History in Words and Pictures provides the first in-depth portrait of the park’s creation, drawing on rarely seen photos, local and national archival research, and interviews to present an intriguing chapter in Illinois history. Kay Rippelmeyer traces the geological history of the park, exploring the circumstances that led to the breathtaking scenery for which Giant City is so well known, and providing insightful background on and cultural history of the area surrounding the park. Rippelmeyer then outlines the effects of the Great Depression and the New Deal on southern Illinois, including relief efforts by the Civilian Conservation Corps, which began setting up camps at Giant City in 1933. The men of the CCC, most of them natives of southern and central Illinois, are brought to life through vividly detailed, descriptive prose and hundreds of black-and-white photographs that lavishly illustrate life in the two camps at the park. This fascinating book not only documents the men’s hard work—from the clearing of the first roads and building of stone bridges, park shelters, cabins, and hiking and bridle trails, to quarry work and the raising of the lodge’s famous columns—it also reveals the more personal side of life in the two camps at the park, covering topics ranging from education, sports, and recreation, to camp newspapers, and even misbehavior and discipline. Supplementing the photographs and narrative are engaging conversations with alumni and family members of the CCC, which give readers a rich oral history of life at Giant City in the 1930s. The book is further enhanced by maps, rosters of enrollees and officers, and a list of CCC camps in southern Illinois. The culmination of three decades of research, Giant City State Park and the Civilian Conservation Corps provides the most intimate history ever of the park and its people, honoring one of Illinois’s most unforgettable places and the men who built it.

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SIU Press

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0809385635

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The Civilian Conservation Corps in Southern Illinois, 1933-1942

By: Kay Rippelmeyer

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The Civilian Conservation Corps in Southern Illinois, 1933-1942

By: Kay Rippelmeyer

Drawing on more than thirty years of meticulous research, Kay Rippelmeyer details the Depression-era history of the simultaneous creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois. Through the stories of the men who worked in CCC camps devoted to soil and forest conservation projects, she offers a fascinating look into an era of utmost significance to the identity, citizens, wildlife, and natural landscape of the region. Rippelmeyer outlines the geologic and geographic history of southern Illinois, from Native American uses of the land to the timber industry’s decimation of the forest by the 1920s. Detailing both the economic hardships and agricultural land abuse plaguing the region during the Depression, she reveals how the creation of the CCC under Franklin Delano Roosevelt coincided with the regional campaign for a national forest and how locals first became aware of and involved with the program. Rippelmeyer mined CCC camp records from the National Archives, newspaper accounts and other correspondence and conducted dozens of oral interviews with workers and their families to re-create life in the camps. An extensive camp compendium augments the volume, featuring numerous photographs, camp locations and dates of operation, work history, and company rosters. Satisfying public curiosity and the need for factual information about the camps in southern Illinois, this is an essential contribution to regional history and a window to the national impact of the CCC.

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080933366X

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9780809333660

The Newcomer

A Novel

By: Mary Kay Andrews

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The Newcomer

A Novel

By: Mary Kay Andrews

Mary Kay Andrews, the New York Times bestselling author and Queen of the Beach Reads delivers her next page-turner for the summer with The Newcomer. In trouble and on the run... After she discovers her sister Tanya dead on the floor of her fashionable New York City townhouse, Letty Carnahan is certain she knows who did it: Tanya’s ex; sleazy real estate entrepreneur Evan Wingfield. Even in the grip of grief and panic Letty heeds her late sister’s warnings: “If anything bad happens to me—it’s Evan. Promise me you’ll take Maya and run. Promise me.” With a trunkful of emotional baggage... So Letty grabs her sister’s Mercedes and hits the road with her wailing four-year-old niece Maya. Letty is determined to out-run Evan and the law, but run to where? Tanya, a woman with a past shrouded in secrets, left behind a “go-bag” of cash and a big honking diamond ring—but only one clue: a faded magazine story about a sleepy mom-and-pop motel in a Florida beach town with the improbable name of Treasure Island. She sheds her old life and checks into an uncertain future at The Murmuring Surf Motel. The No Vacancy sign is flashing & the sharks are circling... And that’s the good news. Because The Surf, as the regulars call it, is the winter home of a close-knit flock of retirees and snowbirds who regard this odd-duck newcomer with suspicion and down-right hostility. As Letty settles into the motel’s former storage room, she tries to heal Maya’s heartache and unravel the key to her sister’s shady past, all while dodging the attention of the owner’s dangerously attractive son Joe, who just happens to be a local police detective. Can Letty find romance as well as a room at the inn—or will Joe betray her secrets and put her behind bars? With danger closing in, it’s a race to find the truth and right the wrongs of the past.

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St. Martin's Press

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1250256933

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9781250256935

Indigo Quilts

30 Quilts from the Poos Collection

By: Kay Triplett,Lori Lee Triplett

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Indigo Quilts

30 Quilts from the Poos Collection

By: Kay Triplett,Lori Lee Triplett

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Hidden Treasures

Quilts from 1600 to 1860, Rarely Seen Pre-Civil War Textiles from the Poos Collection

By: Lori Lee Triplett,Kay Triplett

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Quilts from 1600 to 1860, Rarely Seen Pre-Civil War Textiles from the Poos Collection

By: Lori Lee Triplett,Kay Triplett

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Hidden Treasures

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The Civilian Conservation Corps in Southern Illinois, 1933-1942

The Civilian Conservation Corps in Southern Illinois, 1933-1942

The Newcomer

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