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Franklin Roosevelt's Postage Stamp Quilt: The Story of Estella Weaver Nukes' Presidential Gift
Contributor(s): Hicks, Kyra E. (Author)

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 ISBN: 0982479611     ISBN-13: 9780982479612
Publisher: Black Threads Press
OUR PRICE: $12.30  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: August 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Artists, Architects, Photographers
Dewey: B
Physical Information: 0.12" H x 7" W x 10" L (0.22 lbs) 46 pages
 
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A Saturday morning search of African American newspapers from the 1930s uncovered a startling headline: "President Roosevelt Gets Present of Novel Quilt Designed By Indiana Woman."Who was this Hoosier quiltmaker? What inspired her to gift the President of the United States with a quilt? What was so "novel" about the bedcovering that Black newspapers across the country carried its story? Where is the celebrated quilt today?Follow the surprising pursuit from a WPA Sewing Room in Marion, Indiana to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC and even on to England and France.Quilter Kyra E. Hicks, who previously shared the true story of a young slave girl's fifty-year quest to see Queen Victoria and give her a quilt, now takes us on a Depression-era adventure featuring exquisite quilts made for Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.Bonus White House Quilt Block included.
 
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