Research Catalog

Title

The genius belt : the story of the arts in Bucks County, Pennsylvania / introduction by James A Michener ; edited by George S. Bush.

Publication

Doylestown, PA : James A. Michener Art Museum in association with the Pennsylvania State University Press, c1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bush, George S.
• James A. Michener Art Museum.
• Pennsylvania State University. Press.

Description

xiii, 174 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.); 27 cm.

Subject

• Arts > Pennsylvania > Bucks County > History
• Artists > Pennsylvania > Bucks County > History
• Authors, American > Pennsylvania > Bucks County > History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: the golden years / James A. Michener -- The writers / Dorothy Herrmann -- Footlights and fireflies: the Bucks County theater tradition / Phil Johnson Ruth -- Henry Chapman Mercer and the craft tradition -- Cleota Reed -- The visual arts / Patricia Tanis Sydney -- Afterword: a brief history of the James A. Michener Art Museum / Brian H. Peterson -- Appendix 1, "Revolutionary theater" at Washington Crossing / St. John Terrell -- Appendix 2, Memories of the early Bucks County Playhouse / W. Lester Trauch.

Call Number

3-MAMT 98-4096

ISBN

• 1879636085 (cloth : art museum)
• 1879636077 (paper : art museum)
• 0271016728 (cloth : university press)
• 0271016736 (paper : university press)

LCCN

96078366 //r97

OCLC

36152073

Title

The genius belt : the story of the arts in Bucks County, Pennsylvania / introduction by James A Michener ; edited by George S. Bush.

Imprint

Doylestown, PA : James A. Michener Art Museum in association with the Pennsylvania State University Press, c1996.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Bush, George S.

James A. Michener Art Museum.

Pennsylvania State University. Press.

Research Call Number

3-MAMT 98-4096