The Life and Times of Mary Vaux Walcott
$63.67
- Hardcover
176 pages
- Release Date
28 December 2015
Summary
Known as the Audubon of Botany, Philadelphia, Quaker Mary Morris Vaux Walcott (1860-1940) was a gifted artist whose stunning watercolours comprise a catalog of North American wildflowers. Walcott was catapulted to the highest levels of society and national politics by a late and bold marriage to the secretary of the Smithsonian. Along with an early (1887) transcontinental travelogue, never-before published correspondence with fellow Quaker and First Lady Lou Henry Hoover, and Commissioner Mar…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780764349720 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0764349724 |
| Author: | Marjorie G. Jones |
| Publisher: | Schiffer Publishing Ltd |
| Imprint: | Schiffer Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 28 December 2015 |
| Weight: | 638g |
| Dimensions: | 27mm x 165mm x 237mm |
Marjorie G. Jones
Marjorie G. Jones is the author of Frances Yates & the Hermetic Tradition and currently teaches history at Villanova University at Graterford Prison, PA. She is a graduate of Wheaton College, Norton, MA, the Rutgers School of Law and the New School, NYC.
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