Art of the State

Iowa

The Spirit of America

Diana Landau

The state known as "America's corn capital" is vividly portrayed through pictorial and textual images of the Native Americans who once roamed Iowa's woodlands, the immigrants who tamed the fields, and Iowa's writers, poets, preachers, musicians, and politicians.

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ISBN: 9780810955509
Pagina's: 96
Verschenen: 01-01-1998
Serie: Art of the State
NUR: 510

Druk: 1
Uitvoering: Hardback
Taal: Engels
Uitgever: Abrams

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