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Fire Ant Books (1987), Edition: 1, Hardcover, 272 pages
Description
The original book on the renowned Freedom quilters of Gee''s Bend. In December of 1965, the year of the Selma-to-Montgomery march, a white Episcopal priest driving through a desperately poor, primarily black section of Wilcox County found himself at a great bend of the Alabama River. He noticed a cabin clothesline from which were hanging three magnificent quilts unlike any he had ever seen. They were of strong, bold colors in original, op-art patterns-the same art style then fashionable in New York City and other cultural centers. An idea was born and within weeks took on life, in the form
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272 p.
ISBN
0817303103 / 9780817303105