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Stitching stars : the story quilts of Harriet Powers / Mary E. Lyons.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection TT835 .L95 1993
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lyons, Mary E., author.
- Series:
- African-American artists and artisans
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Powers, Harriet, 1837-1910--Juvenile literature.
- Powers, Harriet.
- Powers, Harriet, 1837-1911.
- Powers, Harriet, 1837-1910.
- Patchwork--Juvenile literature.
- Patchwork.
- African American quilts--Georgia--History--Juvenile literature.
- African American quilts.
- African American quiltmakers--Georgia--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- African American quiltmakers.
- Quiltmakers.
- African Americans--Biography.
- Quilts.
- History.
- Georgia.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Literature.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Physical Description:
- 6 unnumbered pages, 41 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (some color) ; 21 x 25 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Charles Scribner's Sons ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York ; Oxford ; Singapore ; Syndey : Maxwell Macmillan International, [1993]
- Summary:
- An illustrated biography of the African American quilter who made quilts of her favorite Bible stories and folk tales.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 40) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Lyons, Mary E. Stitching stars.
- ISBN:
- 0684195763
- 9780684195766
- OCLC:
- 27149275
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