An honest heritage by Susannah Brody

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brody, Susannah Wilson.

Series:

Chester County biographies ; v. 3: the twentieth century.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chester County (Pa.)--Biography.

Chester County (Pa.).

Chester County (Pa.)--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

x, 69 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

[West Chester, Pa.] : Chester County Historical Society, [2001]

Summary:

Tells the stories of 28 Chester Countians, who played significant roles in the region's history.

Contents:

Lucy Sampson, photographer

Salvatore Santucci, mushroom grower

Martha Cornwell, sculptor

Isabel Darlington, attorney

Martha Thomas, Pennsylvania legislator

Rebecca Kauffman, immigrant

William South, photographer

Ida Ruth Jones, artist

Owen J. Roberts, Supreme Court Justice

R. Brognard Okie, architect

Christian C. Sanderson, teacher, historian, musician, collector

N.C. Wyeth, artist

Park L. Plank, Downingtown businessman

Estella Butler Cuff, teacher

Wharton Esherick, sculptor

Horace Pippin, artist

Herb Penock, baseball player

Paul Dague, United States Congressman

Dorothy Lapp, researcher and librarian

Berenice Ball, volunteer and author

Orville Walls, doctor

Elmer Matthews, dairy farmer

Samuel Barber, composer

Bayard Rustin, civil rights activist

Samuel Wheeler Morris, Pennsylvania legislator

Barclay Rubincam, artist

Alice Kent Schooler, architectural historian

Ann Aeerie, Borough Council Woman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0929706188

9780929706184

OCLC:

49621236