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Loading... American Characters: Selections from the National Portrait Gallery, Accompanied by Literary Portraitsby R. W. B. Lewis, Nancy Lewis
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This is a pretty nice collection of character portraits. There is a little blurb about each person along with a photo or painting which is nice because it puts a bio to a face. However, it does not go indepth at all so don't expect that. But it's still very interesting and I'm glad I bought it. ( ) no reviews | add a review
This volume brings together 160 famous American figures from Pocahontas to Louis Armstrong, providing visual and verbal portraits of their place in American life. The portraiture is paired with literary images taken from eyewitness accounts, memoirs, poems, letters and biographies. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)920.073History and Geography Biography, genealogy, insignia Biography General and collective by localities Of North America United StatesLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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