The Indiana Home (Limited Edition)

LIMITED EDITION (#599 of 1,550) Printed by Marchbank Press for Indiana Univ. Press (1953) VERY GOOD+ in a good, tape repaired slip case. No marks in text. previous owners initials on front end paper. Binding is tight and square. Gently read if at all. x, 120 pages, [7] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm. . . . . . . . Esarey, Booth, and Rogers were all born in Indiana, and this book is a celebration of the state. The text includes a short history of the area and descriptions of life in Indiana when it was first being settled. The book is illustrated throughout with marginal line drawings by Bruce Rogers of items common to daily life at the time: a chair, a spinning wheel, a loom. The text is followed by a group of eight plates from drawings of Indiana scenes by Franklin Booth. . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) The First Inhabitants -- 2.) A Cabin in the Clearing -- 3.) The Indiana Home -- 4.) Farm Life in the Fifties -- 5.) The Settler Becomes a Citizen -- 6.) Indiana Scenes: From Drawings by Franklin Booth

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Publisher: Indiana University Press

Year: 1953

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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