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Currier & Ives' America : from a young nation to a great power

Title
Currier & Ives' America : from a young nation to a great power / Walton Rawls.
Author
Rawls, Walton H.
Publication
New York : Abbeville Press Publishers, [2015]

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TextUse in library MDG+ (Currier) 16-3512Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Additional Authors
Currier & Ives.
Description
488 pages : illustrations (some color), plates; 32 cm
Alternative Title
Great book of Currier & Ives' America.
Subjects
Note
  • "All of the illustrations in this book, except one, come from the Harry T. Peters Collection ... They are reproduced through the courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York."--Title page verso.
  • "A previous edition of this book was published under the title "The great book of Currier & Ives' America."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 488) and index.
Contents
Grand Central Depot for cheap and popular prints -- Novus Ordo Seclorum ("A new era is born") -- Proud and passionate city! Mettlesome, mad extravagant city! -- How dear to my heart are the scenes of my childhood -- Our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence -- Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home -- Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O Union, strong and great! --- Go forth, under the open sky, and list to nature's teachings -- America is a poem in our eyes: its ample geography dazzles the imagination -- Never was such horseflesh as in those days on Long Island or in the city -- Ev'ry prospect pleases, and only man is vile -- Index -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography.
Call Number
MDG+ (Currier) 16-3512
ISBN
  • 9780789212580
  • 0789212587
OCLC
914219122
Author
Rawls, Walton H., author.
Title
Currier & Ives' America : from a young nation to a great power / Walton Rawls.
Publisher
New York : Abbeville Press Publishers, [2015]
Edition
Second edition.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 488) and index.
Added Author
Currier & Ives.
Added Title
Great book of Currier & Ives' America.
Research Call Number
MDG+ (Currier) 16-3512
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