Screen LibraryThe brandywine : an intimate portrait /
Richly illustrated with seldom-seen historical photographs, paintings, and drawings, The Brandywine: An Intimate Portrait is the first book to trace the history and culture of the Brandywine Valley from colonial times to today.
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin/Boston : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2015] ©2015 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812290738 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9780812290738.jpg |
| Summary: |
Richly illustrated with seldom-seen historical photographs, paintings, and drawings, The Brandywine: An Intimate Portrait is the first book to trace the history and culture of the Brandywine Valley from colonial times to today. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (276 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | 15 color, 19 b/w illus. |
| ISBN: | 9780812290738 |
| Index Number: | F157 |
| CLC: | K504; |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface. American Arcadia -- Chapter 1. Fish Creek in New Sweden -- Chapter 2. Pride of Penn s Woods -- Chapter 3. A River Red with Blood -- Chapter 4. "Rushing Water and Buzzing Wheels" -- Chapter 5. Thunderous Age of Black Powder -- Chapter 6. Industry and War -- Chapter 7. River of Nature -- Chapter 8. Literary Pastoral -- Chapter 9. "Painters of True American Art" -- Appendix: Bridges of the Brandywine -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration Credits. |