Flowers and trees of the Trinity Alps: A photographic guide
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    Alice Goen Jones
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    Antigua & Leeward Islands Pocket Guide (Footprint Antigua & Leeward Islands Pocket Guide)
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      Sarah Cameron
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      Smart, contemporary and compact guide helping travellers discover more from their city visit. Covers main attractions but also gives the freedom to escape the tourist trail.

      Thomas Edison (Library of American Biography Series) (2nd Edition) (Library of American Biography)
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        Martin Melosi
        Manufacturer: Longman
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        ASIN: 0205539394

        Book Description

        <>Thomas A. Edison and the Modernization of America is a captivating narrative that chronicles America&rsquo;s most formidable inventor.

        Martin Melosi creates a dynamic historical narrative by relating Edison&rsquo;s personal history to larger cultural, political and economic trends. Melosi adeptly reveals the workings of Edison&rsquo;s mind as well as his inventions&rsquo; lasting affect on the nation.

        To engage people interested in American history, biographies, inventors, or American business and economics.

        Relating Edison&rsquo;s personal history to larger cultural, political and economic trends.

        Anyone interested in American History, biographies, or innovators.

        Edison: Library Edition
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        • superb scholarly and technical treatment
        Edison: Library Edition
        Paul Israel
        Manufacturer: Blackstone Audiobooks
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        ASIN: 078611794X

        Book Description

        The definitive biography of the century's godfather of invention-from the preeminent Edison scholar

        "Israel's meticulous research and refusal to shy away from the dodgier aspects of Edison's personality offers a fresh glimpse into the life of the inventor."-New Scientist

        "Remarkable."-Nature

        "An authoritative look into Edison's working methods, here leavened by enough personal detail to give the achievements shape."-Publishers Weekly

        "Highly recommended."

        "Israel's book should go a long way toward taking Edison out of the shadows and placing him in the proper light."-Atlanta Journal-Constitution

        "Exhaustively researched, with strong emphasis on Edison's methods and achievements."-Kirkus Reviews

        The conventional story of Thomas Edison reads more like myth than history: With only three months of formal education, a hardworking young man overcomes the odds and becomes one of the greatest inventors in history. But the portrait that emerges from Edison: A Life of Invention reveals a man of genius and astonishing foresight whose career was actually a product of his fast-changing era. In this peerless biography, Paul Israel exposes for the first time the man behind the inventions, expertly situating his subject within a thoroughly realized portrait of a burgeoning country on the brink of massive change. Informed by Israel's unprecedented access to workshop diaries, notebooks, letters, and more than five million pages of archives, this definitive biography brings fresh insights to a singularly influential and triumphant career in science.

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Great detailed biography.......2007-05-07

        I liked this book a great deal. You should consider that this is not a fictional story, and is the very essence of a research work.

        Great insights about his life, religious views, and his business of invention. Well treated subject and a great read.

        4 out of 5 stars Edison - a research project.......2007-03-15

        This book is very authoritive and well researched, and even more important is that it provides end notes for the reader to verify the author's assertions. If you want a quick overview of Edison's life or just the highlights, this is not the book for you; but if you need to know the man, this is the best book I've read. Paul Israel presents Edison's achievments and failures, in inventions, human relationships and finances in a dispassionate manner.

        4 out of 5 stars The Wizard of Menlo Park.......2006-07-10

        I've always been interested in reading the biographies of famous inventors. Edison was one I knew little about, so I purchased this book. It is very interesting and takes you through his entire life. You see how Edison begins as a skilled telegraph operator. But he is not content with the status quo, he is always improving what he is working with. But he is also a businessman and gets his ideas patented, and forms partnerships and businesses to profit from them.

        The book also includes many pictures form different periods in his life. If you are interested in Edison, this is a great book.

        3 out of 5 stars Gird yourself for a long, slow march.......2005-06-07

        Reading this book has been an experience for me. I wanted to find out more about the life of one of America's most famous inventors, and this book has helped me along the way, so I give it credit for that. However, I have felt like I am trudging into a mighty windstorm, reaching deep into my soul to plunge each forward step as I slowly turn the pages in this book. There are pockets of enlightenment throughout the book, but it really is a relaying of facts about Edison's life, which is technically what a biography should do, but this book does not come alive in my hands like others have.

        To be fair, I did accomplish my goal of learning more about this great man. I learned that a lot his inventions were a result of not just great intellect, but of great work ethic and stick-to-it-iveness. Also, one of his greatest contributions was a corporate model for delegating work among his subordinates. The speed of the development of his inventions was the key, as several other inventors were working on similar ideas at the same time.

        Anyway, I recommend the book as a good introduction to the life of Tom, but I am sure that there is a book out there that will give you the same enlightenment without making you feel as though you've crawled on your hands and knees through the Sahara, with a canteen full of lukewarm water that leaks at a very slow rate.

        5 out of 5 stars superb scholarly and technical treatment.......2004-01-07

        I was given this book for a writing project and dutifully plowed through it over the Christmas holidays. Overall, I must say that it was an absolutely excellent holiday book as well as chock full of useful ideas for my scholarly purposes. This is an extremely difficult balance to strike and Israel has done it better than I thought possible - I was prepared for a long dry slog and instead found a great and exciting story.

        Edison, Israel argues, was not just a lone little-educated tinkerer of genius as he is often portrayed, but the creator of the prototype for the modern corporate research lab - he knew how to find talent, how to organize it to get the most out of people, and how to beat the competition by both speed and in the creation of entire new systems of technology. He also knew how to manipulate the media and build on his fame, creating a myth to which he had to live up. That being said, he had a pitch-perfect intuitive sense not only of potential new markets, but of how to create technical solutions to exploit them. He learned from his failures and strove to apply his less-successful inventions elsewhere, often to great effect. Taken together, this was true business genius and Israel explains it all succinctly, including the exposure of Edison's many weaknesses in management and his financial affairs and his many flops (such as the mining experiments that nearly bankrupted him). Furthermore, the basics of his major inventions - improvements to the telegraph and telephone, the light bulb, commerical electricity generation systems, to mention a few - are covered with competence, always with an eye to the management of it all and what it took, all of which are of great use. This adds up to a masterpiece of scholarship and popular writing in my view, crossing a plethora of disciplines in very readable prose and at a good pace of storytelling.

        However, there are many things that make this a challenging read and in some ways disappointing. Even though I know a lot about science and engineering from my own writing, I found the many passages explaining the nuts and bolts of his inventions hard to follow and ultimately rather dry. If the reader is not interested in these highly technical details, he can skim them without losing the narrative thread. Moreover, Edison as a person does not always come thru, though really he was his work and not much else. You also do not learn much about the fate of his enterprises or even his personal financial fortune after his death, which is also a part of his legacy that should be explored. Finally, Israel addresses somewhat rarified questions in the concluding chapter regarding whether Edison was a "scientist" and how industrial research was changing (developing specialties that required far more education than inventors of Edison's "heroic invention" epoch) to make the emergence of generalist, self-taught inventors like him far more difficult and with limited horizons; while I enjoyed this a great deal, it is of limited interest to those who were never steeped in "science policy."

        All in all, highest recommendation. It is a great achievement and will stand as one of the definitive biographies of this great and difficult man.
        Thomas A. Edison: Young Inventor, Library Edition (Ready Reader)
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          Sue Guthridge
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          Stevie, Cancer, Angels and Grandpa
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            Victor James
            Manufacturer: Authorhouse
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            Big Cats & Other Animals: Their Beauty, Dignity & Survival
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              Joseph Spies
              Manufacturer: Lifetime Books, Inc.
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              The perfect gift for all animal-lovers, this glossy paged gallery of over 225 photographs showcases the fascinating world of the animal kingdom.
              Big Cats and Other Animals: Their Beauty, Dignity and Survival
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                Joseph R. Spies
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                Contemporary Warm Glass: A Guide to Fusing, Slumping & Kiln-Forming Techniques
                Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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                Contemporary Warm Glass: A Guide to Fusing, Slumping & Kiln-Forming Techniques
                Brad Walker
                Manufacturer: Four Corners Intl Inc
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                ASIN: 0970093349

                Customer Reviews:

                2 out of 5 stars Way Too Basic !!!.......2007-06-23

                This book barely serves as an introduction to warm glass. I found it way too simple, shallow, and not worth more than $15. All the information in this book (and more) can be obtained from warm glass internet sites.

                I read it in less than 2 hours and was left wanting more in-depth information on techniques, kilns, mold making, grinding, etc.

                5 out of 5 stars So Awesome - I want to buy a kiln!!.......2007-02-22

                I love working in stained glass and glass beads. I thought, why not check into warm glass? Well the reviews I read on this book were good, and I thank the reviewers, because they were right. This is a really interesting book that covers everything I was looking for about warm glass. I really wanted to buy a kiln after reading through this book. Wow. Projects are simple, with some great examples by people who have mastered the skill. I still read through it over and over.

                5 out of 5 stars Contemporary Warm Glass: A Guide to Fusing, Slumping.......2006-11-06

                This book is just great. It is extremely informative and really helps a beginner to understand everything about fusing and slumping. I love it.

                5 out of 5 stars No Regrets!.......2006-06-03

                I am thrilled with this purchase. I have had this book for about a year now and can honestly say that my only problem with it is that the spine is wearing out from over use! It has been a valuable resource. Brad Walker is a great communicator and teacher. You will not have any regrets if you purchase this book either!

                5 out of 5 stars most used reference book.......2006-06-02

                I used this book as my reference guide for every project during my first year of working with kiln formed glass. It is a wonderful tool, easy to understand for the beginner, chock full of valuable information, and I still refer to it as I tread into unfamiliar waters. I have many books, but this one is the visibly "used" one with the dog eared pages.

                The Complete Gardener - A Lively, Practical Guide Wherever You Live
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                  The Complete Gardener - A Lively, Practical Guide Wherever You Live
                  Lois Wilson
                  Manufacturer: Hawthorn Books, Inc.
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                  Binding: Hardcover
                  ASIN: B000NWIBY2
                  THE COMPLETE GARDENER A Lively Practical Guide Wherever You Live.
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                    The complete gardener; a lively practical guide wherever you live
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                      Lois Wilson
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                      THE COMPLETE GARDENER; A LIVELY PRACTICAL GUIDE WHEREVER YOU LIVE. WITH SPECIAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY REGIONAL EXPERTS
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                        Lois Wilson
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                        ASIN: B000NX1MEC
                        The complete gardener;: A lively practical guide wherever you live
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                          Lois Wilson
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                          ASIN: B000U23GQS

                          Understanding Temperament: Strategies for Creating Family Harmony
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                            Lyndall Shick
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                            ASIN: 1884734324

                            Book Description

                            Temperament isn’t good or bad; it’s just the way each of us is. Some of us are active, intense and distractible; others are adaptable and persistent. You can’t change temperament, but you can manage it. And that’s what "Understanding Temperament" helps you do: it explains why family members behave as they do and how you can change family conflict into family cooperation. Intended to help you understand family dynamics, this book is full of real-life examples that will help you:

                            • Understand your child’s unique inner strengths;
                            • Teach the specific skills your child needs to excel in the world;
                            • Break the cycle of negative behavior between parent and child;
                            • Nurture a close relationship with your child; and
                            • Prevent problems by creating a better “fit” between your child and his or her environment.

                            Childe Hassam, American Impressionist (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series)
                            Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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                            • Childe Hassam American Impressionist
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                            • An essential addition to American Impressionist literature
                            • A MEMORABLE IMPRESSIONIST
                            Childe Hassam, American Impressionist (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series)
                            H. Barbara Weinberg
                            Manufacturer: Metropolitan Museum of Art
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                            ASIN: 0300102933

                            Book Description

                            Childe Hassam (1859--1935) created an immense body of work in the Impressionist style, comprising oil paintings, watercolors, pastels, and prints. His distinctive and enchanting images, with their focus on effects of color and light, are widely admired and are included in the collections of every major museum in the United States. In this handsomely illustrated book, the authors, all experts in the field, take a fresh look at Hassam's responses to his vibrant and complicated era. Their texts study his striking portrayals of cities and country sites in America and Europe. Also explored are his late works-those completed after 1900-when Hassam felt increasingly challenged by both modern life and modern art. These include tranquil interior vignettes, iconic images of New England churches, and his great Flag series. Hassam's life and career in Boston, New York, Paris, New England, and East Hampton as well as his travels are covered in fresh and insightful chapters. Essays on more specific subjects focus on Hassam's pride in his ancestry; his interest in architecture, gardens and allegorical themes; his accomplishments as a watercolorist and printmaker; his frames; the marketing of his art; and the contemporary critical response to it. The book, which also contains a chronology of Hassam's career and a comprehensive exhibition chronology, accompanies the first major museum retrospective of Hassam's works since 1972. Childe Hassam, American Impressionist examines this great artist's work in the context of his credo that "the man who will go down to posterity is the man who paints his own time and the scenes of every-day life around him."

                            Customer Reviews:

                            5 out of 5 stars Sandy K. on Hassam.......2007-06-08

                            I discovered Hassam at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth last year. I was especially attracted to his flag paintings since I am a retired U. S. History teacher. I can highly recommend this book. It is both thorough and quite visually attractive and, of course, Amazon has the very best price!!

                            5 out of 5 stars Childe Hassam American Impressionist.......2006-03-11

                            This book is an excellent read and provides ample pictures for immense enjoyment. Through Amazon I was able to purchase the book for nearly half the price compared to anywhere else. Thanks Amazon!

                            5 out of 5 stars Excellent book on Childe Hassam!.......2005-03-17

                            Excellent book for the student, collector, dealer or art historian interested in Childe Hassam! As one of America's foremost buyers of Childe Hassam paintings, I highly recommend this book. www.LawrenceBeebe.com

                            5 out of 5 stars An essential addition to American Impressionist literature.......2005-01-24

                            My feelings about this book mirror the feelings I had when I attended the exhibition this catalogue is drawn from. I had the pleasure of seeing the Childe Hassam retrospective in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2004; it was one of the few times that I have seen total strangers turn to one another at an exhibition this size and speak with each other about their mutual amazement for the artist's technique. I knew a bit about Impressionism, and a bit about American artists such as Whistler and Cassatt who were influenced by Impressionism. But I didn't know anything about Hassam. Who was this wonderful artist and why didn't my college courses in modern art teach me about him?

                            I wanted to learn as much as I could, and this book provided me with the answers to both questions. Childe Hassam was the essential link between the Impressionism of Paris and later American descendants of the genre. He was a proud and gifted man who, like most giants, contained giant-sized paradoxes. He steadfastly denied the influence of Monet while clearly celebrating that influence in his cityscapes. He championed the spirit of the growing spirit of New York City while denying its increasingly immigrant population. In the end, like so many greats, he was an anachronism and ignored by the younger avant-garde. After reading and rereading this immensively informative book, I had a good idea of both who Hassam was and why modern art scholars have trouble with his standing among his peers. He's a complicated person, but aren't all great artists?

                            The illustrations in this book, as you'd expect, are not only first rate but complete. We are treated not only to full-page accurately colored reproductions but also to many enlarged details of the same paintings. All the paintings from the exhibition along with many that were notare reproduced here,and several paintings by Monet and Degas are included for comparisons. The writing style is largely academic, but I think most of this book would be accessible to anyone who loves to read and isn't easily discouraged by long blocks of text. This isn't an oversized picture book, but an indepth examination of Hassam that places him in the context of the early 20th Century.

                            If you enjoy Impressionism and the roots of modern art, and you have a penchant for learning all you can about some of the relatively forgotten figures from that time, you will not only add this book to your collection but cherish it.

                            4 out of 5 stars A MEMORABLE IMPRESSIONIST.......2004-12-14





                            While many books have been published featuring the work of famed American Impressionist Childe Hassam, few offer such stunning illustrations and none trace so completely the many years Hassam spent marketing his art. He lived the statement he made in 1892: "I believe the man who will go down to posterity is the man who paints his own time and the scenes of every-day life around him."

                            Paint those scenes he did - who is not moved by his depictions of the red, white and blue flags and banners flying from the tallest buildings in New York City at the onset of World War I? It's clear that Hassam loved New York and painted it in all its many faces - summer, autumn, winter and spring.

                            The artist also spent a great deal of time in New England where he captured quaint villages and fabled East Hampton interiors. Adept at both urban and rural scenes, Hassam studied in Paris where, it's believed, he first became acquainted with the eye catching French Impressionism. He brought much of what he had learned to America, where he would become one of the most prolific practitioners of American Impressionism.

                            H. Barbara Weinberg, Alice Pratt Brown Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, has done a superb job of selecting the 374 illustrations included in this luxe volume as well as penning engaging and informative accompanying texts.

                            "Childe Hassam: American Impressionist" will be treasured by not only art aficionados but by Americans as well as they come to realize the enormous contribution Hassam made to bolstering pride in our country.

                            - Gail Cooke
                            Childe Hassam: Impressionist
                            Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
                            • Great book!
                            • Flagrantly bad color rendition
                            • Impressive art, informative biography
                            • A wonderful retrospective
                            • A wonderful retrospective
                            Childe Hassam: Impressionist
                            Warren Adelson , Jay E. Cantor , and William H. Gerdts
                            Manufacturer: Abbeville Press
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                            Customer Reviews:

                            5 out of 5 stars Great book! .......2005-03-17

                            As one of America's foremost buyers of Childe Hassam paintings, I can say that Warren Adelson did a superb job authoring this "must buy" book! Perfect for the student, collector, dealer or art historian. www.LawrenceBeebe.com

                            2 out of 5 stars Flagrantly bad color rendition.......2004-01-21

                            This will be the first and last Abbeville Press book I buy. Most of the plates are so far off in saturation, hue, lightness values they are laughable. Where reproductions of the same Hassam paintings appear in other books , such as American Impressionists (0823002128) or California Impressionists (0915977257), they are inviting and credible; here they are repugnant. I don't think I have ever seen plates so far off norm. I see that I have the first printing too, so it cannot be due to long run deviations. The sound you just heard was this clunker hitting the trash can.

                            5 out of 5 stars Impressive art, informative biography.......2000-02-04

                            Beautiful full-page color photos are liberal in this fine survey of Hassam's career as an important American Impressionist artist. Hassam explored Impressionist themes in a variety of mediums: many of his pictures have been hidden in private collections until now, others are on public display. Childe Hassam, Impressionist gathers many public and private holdings and adds a survey of the artist's life and times.

                            5 out of 5 stars A wonderful retrospective.......1999-12-09

                            This book is a beautiful example of Hassam's many diverse styles. The book contains wonderful essays and photos with a chronology of Hassam's life. A great book for anyone who likes art.

                            5 out of 5 stars A wonderful retrospective.......1999-12-09

                            This book is a beautiful exmple of Hassam's many diverse styles. The book contains wonderful essays and photos with a chronology of Hassam's life. A great book for anyone who likes art.
                            Childe Hassam: American Impressionist (Art & Design)
                            Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
                            • Too Sketchy
                            Childe Hassam: American Impressionist (Art & Design)
                            Ulrich W. Hiesinger , and Childe Hassam
                            Manufacturer: Prestel Publishing
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                            3 out of 5 stars Too Sketchy.......2000-02-07

                            Who was Childe Hassam and who is Ulrich Hiesinger? I'm not sure and I have no idea. I looked all over this book and I couldn't find even a brief biographical sketch of Mr. Hiesinger. Is he a journalist or an artist or a professor? I suppose I will never know. I do know a bit more about Childe Hassam. For one thing, his first name was really Frederick. There are some pretty extensive excerpts from letters that he wrote and he was an opinionated fellow, so you do get to know a little bit about him. He liked American artists and did not care much for European artists. He thought very highly of himself.... I wanted to know more about the soul of the man but in that I was disappointed. The book is too much of a travelogue and skips from place to place in New England and Europe following Hassam around and giving cold facts about when he was in this place and what he painted there. There is not enough analysis of the paintings. Mr. Hiesinger is very vague about what he thinks makes a particular piece good or bad, except that in general he seems to think that sketchy is good and highly finished is bad. I beg to differ, by the way. Hassam obviously had a lot of talent but he produced too much work because he depended totally on sales to provide his living. One strong point of this book is that there are almost 200 reproductions, most of them in color. It allows you to see that Hassam produced a few great paintings and a few good ones, but also many mediocre works. He was at his best when he was young, in my opinion as later on he tended to dash things off to maximize sales. He was obviously greatly influenced by the French Impressionists although this apparently was a sore spot with him. If you want an introduction to Hassam this is worth reading. If you know that you like his work it is worth buying for the many high quality plates. If you want a definitive biography, this is not the book for you. Tantalizingly, Mr. Hiesinger mentions in a couple of places that Hassam apparently had a lifetime problem with alcohol. You are never even given a clue as to what demons were in his closet...
                            American Impressionists: 24 Art Cards (Card Books)
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                              American Impressionists: 24 Art Cards (Card Books)
                              Childe Hassam , and Others
                              Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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                              The Impressionists were famed for interpreting nature through their use of color and light. This collection of 24 art cards includes: Mother Combing Her Child's Hair by Mary Cassatt; Washington Arch, Spring by Childe Hassam; A Morning Walk by John Singer Sargent; as well as works by Chase, Reid, Frieseke, Metcalf, and 8 others.
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                                Childe Hassam, an American Impressionist [Exhibition Catalog, Adelson & Meredith Long Galleries, 1999-2000]
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                                  Manufacturer: Adelson & Meredith Long
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                                  Curated by Warren Adelson, Jay E. Cantor & William H. Gendts. Adelson Galleries NY, Nov. 2 - Dec. 15, 1999; Meredith Long & Co. Houston, Jan. 11 - Feb. 5, 2000. Unpaginated; 4,000 copies, printed on high quality shiny paper with Hassam's work in full color (the only exhibition catalog I have ever seen to utilize all color).
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