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Chapters: Helen Keller, Daniel Burnham, Johnny Appleseed, George Inness, Eliza Tibbets, John Pitcairn, Jr., Henry James, Sr., Eunice Murray, Thomas Lake Harris, Lucius Lyon, Benjamin G. Ferris, Malcolm Nichols, Kristine Mann, Richard Yardumian, Samuel Woodworth, William Rainey Marshall, George Bush, John Bigelow, Eino Friberg, Robert Carter Iii, Stephen Alonzo Schoff, Stephen Gyllenhaal, Arthur Sewall, James Tyler Kent, Theodore Pitcairn, Lois Wilson, Theophilus Parsons, Ebenezer M. Chamberlain, Raymond Pitcairn. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 157. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Eliza Tibbets (1825 - 1898), along with her husband Luther C. Tibbets, is known as the founder of the citrus production industry in California. In 1873 she convinced William Saunders, Superintendent of the fledgling Bureau of Agriculture, to make her a test grower for his new seedless oranges from Bahia, Brazil. By planting and nurturing the orange trees that Saunders sent her, Tibbets revolutionized the citrus industry. Introduction of these oranges, later called the Washington Navel Orange, proved to be the most successful experiment of Saunders tenure, and one of the outstanding events in the economic and social development of California. For the next 60 years and more, a great industry was built up from the two small trees planted by Eliza Tibbets. Born in Cincinnati on August 5, 1825 Eliza Maria Lovell was the youngest child of Oliver and Clarissa Downes Lovell. Pioneers to early Ohio, the Lovells had come to Cincinnati from Boston in 1812, first by covered wagon, then by Ark. The Lovell family quickly became prominent in the frontier town. Elizas father was, among other things, a town councilman, city councilman, President of the Fire Wardens Association, a New Jerusalem minister, and a trustee ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=16986299 ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: James Abbott Mcneill Whistler, George Inness, Leon Dabo, Theodore Scott-Dabo, Xavier Martínez, Jack Cassinetto, Dwight William Tryon, Arthur Frank Mathews, Angel de Cora, Percy Gray, Thomas Dewing, Bruce Porter, Tonalism, Joseph Decamp. Excerpt:Angel De Cora Dietz was a Winnebago painter, illustrator, Native American rights advocate, and teacher at Carlisle Indian School . She was the best known Native American artist before World War I . Background Angel De Cora Dietz (1871-1919), or Hinook-Mahiwi-Kalinaka (Fleecy Cloud Floating in Place), was born at the Winnebago Agency in Dakota County (now Thurston), Nebraska, on May 3, the daughter of David Tall Decora, a Winnebago of French ancestry. Her mother was a member of the influential LaMere family. Career Angel was played an important role in the turn-of-the-century, since she exhibited her art to both Native and non-Native audiences. She understanding being Indian, had personally experienced historical trauma of being assimilated and had witnessing genocide. Her understood ancestral historical trauma through the tearing apart of Winnebago families, culture, and land. Still she maintained a strong resilience in life to overcome and flourish. She successfully adapted to the Euro-American culture. Artwork In her art work, Angel De Cora painted firelight to illuminate warm memories of her childhood life on the Nebraska plains after she settled far from home in the east". Her oil Painting, "for an Indian school exhibit, for the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York" demonstrates the technical prowess and emotional depth of her art. Unfortunately not much of De Cora's original paintings remain, but she illustrated her own stories published in Harper's Magazine and illustrated books. The 1911 Yellow Star: A Story of East West ... ... Read more

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