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Umfang: 1 online resource(276p.) : , illustrations.

Ausgabe: Electronic reproduction. Berlin/Boston : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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ISBN: 9780812290738

Inhalt: Richly illustrated with seldom-seen historical photographs, paintings, and drawings, The Brandywine: An Intimate Portrait is the first book to trace the history and culture of the Brandywine Valley from colonial times to today.

Anmerkung: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Preface. American Arcadia -- , Chapter 1. Fish Creek in New Sweden -- , Chapter 2. Pride of Penn’s Woods -- , Chapter 3. A River Red with Blood -- , Chapter 4. "Rushing Water and Buzzing Wheels" -- , Chapter 5. Thunderous Age of Black Powder -- , Chapter 6. Industry and War -- , Chapter 7. River of Nature -- , Chapter 8. Literary Pastoral -- , Chapter 9. "Painters of True American Art" -- , Appendix: Bridges of the Brandywine -- , Notes -- , Bibliography -- , Index -- , Acknowledgments -- , Illustration Credits. , In English.

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.9783/9780812290738

URL: https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812290738

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Umfang: 1 online resource(276p.) : , illustrations.

Ausgabe: Electronic reproduction. Berlin/Boston : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Ausgabe: System requirements: Web browser.

Ausgabe: Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.

ISBN: 9780812290738

Inhalt: Richly illustrated with seldom-seen historical photographs, paintings, and drawings, The Brandywine: An Intimate Portrait is the first book to trace the history and culture of the Brandywine Valley from colonial times to today.

Anmerkung: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Preface. American Arcadia -- , Chapter 1. Fish Creek in New Sweden -- , Chapter 2. Pride of Penn’s Woods -- , Chapter 3. A River Red with Blood -- , Chapter 4. "Rushing Water and Buzzing Wheels" -- , Chapter 5. Thunderous Age of Black Powder -- , Chapter 6. Industry and War -- , Chapter 7. River of Nature -- , Chapter 8. Literary Pastoral -- , Chapter 9. "Painters of True American Art" -- , Appendix: Bridges of the Brandywine -- , Notes -- , Bibliography -- , Index -- , Acknowledgments -- , Illustration Credits. , In English.

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.9783/9780812290738

URL: https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812290738

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Umfang: 1 online resource (278 pages)

ISBN: 9780812290738

Inhalt: Richly illustrated with seldom-seen historical photographs, paintings, and drawings, The Brandywine: An Intimate Portrait is the first book to trace the history and culture of the Brandywine Valley from colonial times to today.

Inhalt: Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface: American Arcadia -- The Brandywine Paradox -- That Lyrical Name -- Daydreams of Englishness -- Beauty Changed into Currency -- Chapter 1: Fish Creek in New Sweden -- De Vries at the Rocks -- The Dominion of Fort Christina -- Chapter 2: Pride of Penn's Woods -- Brave Brick Houses -- Glazed Headers, Pent Eaves -- At Old Swedes Church -- A New Town Rises -- Two Stargazers -- Chapter 3: A River Red with Blood -- Bayonets Bright as Silver -- A Most Infernal Fire -- Almost Cut to Pieces -- Long Live Lafayette! -- Turning up Bones -- A Tour of Battle Hill -- On Holy Ground -- Chapter 4: "Rushing Water and Buzzing Wheels" -- The Genius of Oliver Evans -- A Fine Range of Mills -- Arts and Sciences -- Watermarks -- Truly Romantic Spot -- Picnics and Promenades -- Paper Mills at Rockland -- Chapter 5: Thunderous Age of Black Powder -- Powder-Making at Eleutherian Mills -- The Seat of Industry and Beauty -- Powder Yard, Garden, and Deer Park -- The Dashing of the Torrent -- Westward Ho! -- Chapter 6: Industry and War -- The Sage of Cedarcroft -- And the War Came -- Valley in War time -- Money No Object -- Chapter 7: River of Nature -- Quaker Horticulturists -- Mergansers on the Milldam -- Blue Rocks -- Green Rocks -- Riparian Phenomena -- Camping Out -- The Orchards -- The Mills Go Silent -- Pollution and Preservation -- With the Coming of Sprawl -- Chapter 8: Literary Pastoral -- River of America -- A Vision of Pastoral Loveliness -- Horrible, Shrieking, Bloody Plots -- Awful Grandeur -- This Historic Ground -- Old Days and Old Ways -- Eccentric Earl of Ellerslie -- Chapter 9: "Painters of True American Art" -- En Plein Air -- With Camera and Brush -- Young Artists at Turner's Mill -- Genius of The Homestead -- All Stirred Up About the Landscape -- From Chris to Andrew.

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Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 9780812246773

Weitere Ausg.: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780812246773

Sprache: Englisch

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Umfang: 1 online resource (277 pages) : , illustrations, maps, photographs

Ausgabe: First edition.

ISBN: 9780812290738 (e-book)

Weitere Ausg.: Print version: Maynard, W. Barksdale, (William Barksdale) Brandywine : an intimate portrait. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2015 ISBN 9780812246773

Sprache: Englisch

Schlagwort(e): Electronic books.

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