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Kirk SavagePublication Details
BookUniversity of California Press2009Availability
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Monument Wars : Washington, D.C., The National Mall, And The Transformation Of The Memorial Landscape
The National Mall : Rethinking Washington’s Monumental Core
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edited by Nathan Glazer and Cynthia R. Field ; foreword by James F. CooperPublication Details
BookJohns Hopkins University Press2008Links
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The National Mall in Washington, D.C., has held an important place in the American psyche since the early nineteenth century. The National Mall presents an overarching account of how a democratic society plans, creates, and expands a national ceremonial space, opening the way for a broadly based inquiry into the Mall as it was, is, and will become. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) NA9127.W2 N38 2009 NEW BOOK(MAIN)
The Sound Of Freedom : Marian Anderson, The Lincoln Memorial, And The Concert That Awakened America
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Raymond ArsenaultPublication Details
Book1st U.S. edBloomsbury Press2009Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) ML420.A6 A77 2009 AVAILABLE
Out Of Reach : Place, Poverty, And The New American Welfare State
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Scott W. AllardPublication Details
BookYale University Press2009Description
Today, for every dollar spent on cash welfare payments, some twenty dollars are spent on service programs targeted at the working poor?job training, adult education, child care, emergency assistance, mental health care, and other social services. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) HV95 .A54 2009 NEW BOOK(MAIN)
The Lincoln Assassination Conspirators : Their Confinement And Execution, As Recorded In The Letterbook Of John Frederick Hartranft
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edited by Edward Steers, Jr., and Harold Holzer ; with a foreword by Allen WeinsteinPublication Details
BookLouisiana State University Press2009Description
On May 1, 1865, two weeks after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, recently inaugurated president Andrew Johnson appointed John Frederick Hartranft to command the military prison at the Washington Arsenal, where the U.S. government had just incarcerated the seven men and one woman accused of complicity in the shooting. In his Letterbook, Hartranft scrupulously recounts the arrival of each prisoner and describes the prison routine–which included three simple meals a day, a twice-daily cell inspection by Hartranft himself, and frequent physical examinations by an army physician. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) E457.5 .L73 2009 AVAILABLE
The Baltimore Plot : The First Conspiracy To Assassinate Abraham Lincoln
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Michael J. KlinePublication Details
BookWestholme2008Description
A True-Crime Thriller About the Original Attempt on President Lincoln’s Life In February 1861, Abraham Lincoln’s private train steamed from Illinois to Washington, DC, where he would be inaugurated as the sixteenth president of the United States. One of the great mysteries of the Civil War and long a source of fascination among Lincoln scholars, the Baltimore Plot has never been critically investigated until now. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) E457.4 .K55 2008 AVAILABLE
Studio Furniture Of The Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Oscar P. Fitzgerald ; foreword by Paul GreenhalghPublication Details
BookFox Chapel Pub2008Description
Exquisitely photographed and beautifully designed, this complementary catalog of America’s finest studio furniture highlights 84 pieces from the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery. The treasures of the Renwick collection?Judy’s McKee’s Monkey Settee, Sam Maloof’s Rocking Chair, John Cederquist’s Ghost Boy, and George Nakashima’s Conoid Bench?are also included among the many pieces from makers whose work is functional, artistic, and of the finest craftsmanship. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS OVERSIZE (UPPER) NK2408 .F62 2008 AVAILABLE
Arte Latino : Treasures From The Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Jonathan YorbaPublication Details
BookWatson-Guptill Publications2001Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) N6538.H58 Y67 2001 AVAILABLE
Contemporary Folk Art : Treasures From The Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Tom PattersonPublication Details
BookWatson-Guptill Publications2001Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) NK808 .P38 2001 AVAILABLE
The Gilded Age : Treasures From The Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Elizabeth PrelingerPublication Details
BookWatson-Guptill Publications in association with the Smithsonian American Art Museum2000Description
The works of John Singer Sargent, Cecilia Beaux, John La Farge, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Mary Cassatt, Albert Pinkham Ryder, Winslow Homer, and others are presented. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) N6510 .N374 2000 AVAILABLE
George Catlin And His Indian Gallery
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edited by George Gurney and Therese Thau Heyman ; [with essays by] Brian W. Dippie … [et al.]Publication Details
BookSmithsonian American Art Museum2002Links
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And while Catlin was clearly influenced by the idea that Indians were Noble Savages (rapidly acquiring the vices of the white man while losing their “savage” virtues), his passion for his work is evidence of a profound respect and affection for his subjects, clearly demonstrated in this magnificent book. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS OVERSIZE (UPPER) ND237.C35 A4 2002 AVAILABLE
A Museum Of Their Own : National Museum Of Women In The Arts
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Wilhelmina Cole Holladay ; text contributions by Philip KopperPublication Details
Book1st edAbbeville Press2008Description
This thrilling story of the birth and early years of the NMWA is a lively, anecdotal, behind-the-scenes, eyewitness glimpse of the efforts of dedicated individuals who shared Mrs. Holladay’s vision and, under her leadership, helped her expand the permanent collection, organize outstanding exhibitions, renovate the Museum, and fund a robust endowment. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) N858.N36 H65 2008 AVAILABLE
The Lincolns : A Scrapbook Look At Abraham And Mary
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Candace FlemingPublication Details
Book1st edSchwartz & Wade Books2008Description
THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR of Ben Franklin?s Almanac and Our Eleanor has created an enthralling joint biography of our greatest president and his complex wife unlike any other?a scrapbook history that uses photographs, letters, engravings, and even cartoons, along with a fascinating text, to form an enthralling museum on the page. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS OVER CHILD LIT (LOWER) 920 L7366fc 2008 AVAILABLE
FDR V. The Constitution : The Court-packing Fight And The Triumph Of Democracy
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Burt SolomonPublication Details
Book1st U.S. edWalker & Co2009Links
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The fascinating, behind-the-scenes story of Franklin Roosevelt?s attempt to pack the Supreme Court has special resonance today as we debate the limits of presidential authority. Burt Solomon skillfully recounts the major New Deal initiatives of FDR?s first term and the rulings that overturned them, chronicling as well the politics and personalities on the Supreme Court?from the brilliant octogenarian Louis Brandeis, to the politically minded chief justice, Charles Evans Hughes, to the mercurial Roberts, whose ?switch in time saved nine.? (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) KF8742 .S585 2009 AVAILABLE
Our White House : Looking In, Looking Out
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created by 108 renowned authors and illustrators and the National Children’s Book and Literacy Alliance ; with an introduction by David McCulloughPublication Details
Book1st edCandlewick Press2008Description
Starting with a 1792 call for designers to plan a presidential mansion and continuing through the present day, OUR WHITE HOUSE takes in everything from the amusing antics of presidents’ children and pets to the drama of the White House ablaze and the specter of war; (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS CHILD LIT (LOWER) 975.3 Ou94o 2008 AVAILABLE
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