Hidden in Plain View
A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad
$39.06
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
15 February 2000
Summary
The fascinating story of a friendship, a lost tradition, and an incredible discovery, revealing how enslaved men and women made encoded quilts and then used them to navigate their escape on the Underground Railroad.
In Hidden in Plain View, historian Jacqueline Tobin and scholar Raymond Dobard offer the first proof that certain quilt patterns, including a prominent one called the Charleston Code, were, in fact, essential tools for escape along the Underground Railroad.
<…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780385497671 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0385497679 |
| Author: | Jacqueline L. Tobin, Raymond G. Dobard, Cuesta Benberry, Floyd Coleman, Maude Southwell Wahlman |
| Publisher: | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc |
| Imprint: | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 15 February 2000 |
| Weight: | 215g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 130mm x 16mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“Startling–intriguing.”–The New York Times
“Hidden in Plain View is mesmerizing.” —The New York Times Book Review“A captivating read.” —Dayton Daily News“Unfolds like a scholarly detective story and offers convincing evidence that quilts were used ‘to conceal and yet reveal’ a means of escape on the Underground Railroad.” —Orange County Register“A groundbreaking work.” —Emerge
About The Author
Jacqueline L. Tobin
Jacqueline Tobin is the author of From Midnight to Dawn- The Last Tracks of the Underground Railroad, Hidden in Plain View- A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad and The Tao of Women. She is also a teacher, collector, and writer of women’s stories. She lives in Denver, Colorado.
Raymond Dobard, Ph.D., is an art history professor at Howard University and a nationally known African-American quilter. He lives in Washington, D.C.
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